Randy Oakes

Randy Oakes (a.k.a Barr Snooks) has written short stories to entertain family and friends for over 30 years. He has authored an ebook of golf instruction for senior golfers, The No Name Book of Golf, and self published a book of short stories, The Midwest Chronicles. We Should Have Kept the Dog is his first novel. He was born in 1946, attended New Albany High School, Ball State University and John Herron School of Art of Indiana University. He spent two years in the Army keeping the Soviets on the right side of the Czech border. He’s lived in Southern Indiana all of his life with the exception of a five-year stint in Florida. Florida became the background for a lot of his short stories. He spends his spare time reading, playing golf, painting and enjoying his two grandsons.