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'Wow I am an author at 16!'

Kerese Oakley Williams admits she was confused when her mother asked her about writing a book.Her bewilderment, she explained, was rooted in the fact that she had never before had a discussion like that with her mother.But the 16-year-old said that after being motivated by the Holy Spirit, she decided to write the book, which she named Paradox, at the height of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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