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Jo Garcia-Cobb

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Keith Cobb and Jo Garcia-Cobb work as freelance writers. They collaborated on three books:  Praying with Pope John Paul II (Word Among Us Press, 2006);  Rising in Christ: Meditations on Living the Resurrection by John Paul II (Word Among Us Press, 2004);  John Paul II, a pictorial biography (Metrobooks, 2000).

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