Colleen Oakes's guest appearances

Colleen Oakes

Colorado Matters

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers

Craig Johnson

John Adams

Charles Lindbergh

Hillary Clinton

Willie Nelson

Bernie Sanders

Michael Bennet

Amelia Earhart

Julia Roberts

Neil Gorsuch

Nadia Bolz-Weber

Hilaree Nelson

Temple Grandin

John Oates

John DeDakis

OwlTail

Colleen Oakes says there were many points of inspiration for her novel The Black Coats. In fact, she says, the came out of a “giant cauldron” of inspiration. There was a vision in her head of a group of girls holding baseball bats, a black pea coat lying on the side of the road in Nebraska and Colleen’s fascination with vigilante justice. At the time she first stirred the pot on this particular novel, however, Colleen was getting ready to write a new book an earlier series. She quickly put that book aside in favor of The Black Coats. As she puts it, The Black Coats “burst out of the chest” of her other works. And now, three years after completing it and turning into her publisher, The Black Coats is being published this month – the official publication date in February 12. Colleen Oakes is the bestselling author of books for both teens and adults, including, in addition to The Black Coats, she has written The Queen of Hearts Series and three-book Wendy Darling Saga, among others. She lives in North Denver with her husband and is currently at work on her third YA fairytale series, a YA contemporary thriller and a fantasy collaboration. Colleen's website Intro music by Moby Outro music by Dan-o-Songs 

Colleen Oakes says there were many points of inspiration for her novel The Black Coats. In fact, she says, the came out of a “giant cauldron” of inspiration. There was a vision in her head of a group of girls holding baseball bats, a black pea coat lying on the side of the road in Nebraska and Colleen’s fascination with vigilante justice. At the time she first stirred the pot on this particular novel, however, Colleen was getting ready to write a new book an earlier series. She quickly put that book aside in favor of The Black Coats. As she puts it, The Black Coats “burst out of the chest” of her other works. And now, three years after completing it and turning into her publisher, The Black Coats is being published this month – the official publication date in February 12. Colleen Oakes is the bestselling author of books for both teens and adults, including, in addition to The Black Coats, she has written The Queen of Hearts Series and three-book Wendy Darling Saga, among others. She lives in North Denver with her husband and is currently at work on her third YA fairytale series, a YA contemporary thriller and a fantasy collaboration. Colleen's <a href="http://www.colleenoakes.org" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">website</a> Intro music by <a href="http://www.mobygratis.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Moby</a> Outro music by <a href="http://www.danosongs.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dan-o-Songs</a>

Colleen Oakes & The Black Coats

Should Colorado's public universities be allowed to ban whoever they want from campus? The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado doesn't think so. Then, Gary Stabb usually sculpts prehistoric beasts like dinosaurs, but he finally got access to an elusive stone age mummy for a project for Denver's Museum of Nature and Science. Also, taxes on marijuana sales in tiny DeBeque brought a windfall -- more money than the town sees in overall sales tax and energy impact fees combined. Now, how to spend it? And, Hollywood has taken interest in Broomfield author Colleen Oakes' trilogy "Queen of Hearts," which explores how the queen in "Alice in Wonderland" became a villain.

Banning Campus Bloggers, Sculpting An Iceman, DeBeque’s Weed Windfall, Author Colleen Oakes Goes Hollywood