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Joy Selak is an author, nonprofit leader and philanthropic advisor in Austin, TX. CeeGee's Gift is her second book and was based on her one act play which won the San Juan Islands Playwrights Festival and was produced for the stage. The manuscript for the novel was awarded Best Young Adult Fiction by the Writers' League of Texas. The published novel won the Pencraft Award for Literary Excellence in YA Fiction for 2019.

Her first book, You Don’t LOOK Sick! Living Well with Invisible Chronic Illness was written with her physician and is a guide for navigating long term illness. USABookNews named You Don’t LOOK Sick! a Finalist for Best Health Book. Joy has spoken across the US to patient groups about the themes of this book.

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Are you looking for a gift for a senior, or a young teen, or one the two could share? The award winning novel CeeGee’s Gift is the heartwarming story of the friendship between a kind old man and a young girl with a gift of ‘Knowing’ what the future will bring. Together the two learn to use her gift to help others plan for the future, or perhaps change direction and change the future, transforming

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	You Don't Look Sick!: Living Well with Invisible Chronic Illness by Joy H. Selak (Goodreads Author), Steven S. Overman really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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