{{short description|American novelist}} {{infobox writer |name=Don Oakley |birth_date={{birth year|1927}} |occupation=Author |nationality=American }} '''Don G. Oakley''' (born 1927) is an American author. He has also been an editorial writer for Scripps Howard News Service and for Newspaper Enterprise Association.<ref>http://www.ryomagazine.com/march/review.htm Roll Your Own Magazine review of "Slow Burn".</ref><ref>http://web2.ohiohistory.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1260K08IW1236.70650&profile=allsoc&uri=link=3100009~!159781~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Pennsylvania+--+History+--+Revolution%2C+1775-1783+--+Fiction.&index={{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Ohio Historical Society</ref><ref>http://home.earthlink.net/~rgfast/Adventure_Of_Christian_Fast.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709151723/http://home.earthlink.net/~rgfast/Adventure_Of_Christian_Fast.htm |date=2016-07-09 }} Johann Nicklaus Fast Family: "The Adventure of Christian Fast".</ref>

Oakley was a staff writer at Newspaper Enterprise Association from 1957 to 1964, when he was named chief editorial writer. He served in that capacity until 1977, when he joined Scripps Howard.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Pete |title=Editor's Corner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-herald-post/146026278/ |access-date=25 April 2024 |work=El Paso Herald-Post |date=18 September 1980}}</ref>

==Published works== * ''Two Muskets for Washington'' (1970, ISBN B0006C5BU6) * ''The Creston Creeper'' (1988, {{ISBN|0-9619465-0-4}}) * ''The Adventure of Christian Fast'' (1989, {{ISBN|0-9619465-2-0}}) * ''Slow Burn'' (1999, {{ISBN|0-9619465-3-9}}) * ''Aviatrix'' (2002, {{ISBN|0-9619465-4-7}})

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