J.L. Oakley
Award-Winning Indie AuthorNovels set in WWII Norway
Novels set in the Pacific Northwest
Hilo Bay Mysteries with a bit of history
About Janet
So glad you came by. I love history and stories, gardening and just being outdoors. (I’ve been tent camping since I was a baby!)
I’ve lived in the Northwest for over 35 years. When I’m not writing, I enjoy delving into local history, looking for little surprises that tell a larger story of my area and the nation’s past, fodder far more novels or non-fiction pieces. I can be found in my garden conversing with chickadees or teaching history hands-on to local grade school students. I churn excellent butter (don’t forget to wash it!) and can spin up a storm.
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History Through Fiction Podcast appearance
During the interview, host Colin Mustful talks with Oakley about the Norwegian resistance movement during WWII, the important reason her main character can speak in sign language, and how her own family history helped make her into a storyteller. Don’t miss it! Listen...
Writing Little Known WWII History
What's in Mrs. Hale's Receipts for Million? 4095. Give yourself as you are, what you are, and how you see it. Every man sees with his own eyes, or does not see at all. This is incontrovertibly true. First, an update on The Brisling Code and its Audio Book Last...
An Audiobook for Brisling Code & Fall is here
What's in Mrs. Hale's Receipts for the Million? 4093. The Author. – If you would write to any purpose, you must be perfectly free from without, in the first place, and yet more free from within The Brisling Code is out and about It's been been over two weeks since I...