Jacqueline West, Writer
About Jacqueline
This is Jacqueline West. Jacqueline loves dogs of all shapes and sizes, is sadly allergic to cats (though she manages to write about them without developing a rash), and is at least a little bit afraid of all fish larger than a hot dog bun. If you are sharing a pizza, she will ask for the crust pieces. Don’t get her talking about Kurt Vonnegut, Tori Amos, Northern Exposure, or Sylvia Plath, or you’ll be sorry. Jacqueline lives amid the bluffs of Red Wing, Minnesota, with her husband and her dog, a Springer Spaniel mix named Brom Bones.
The Books of Elsewhere, Jacqueline’s fantasy series for young readers, is published by Dial in the USA and will also be published in Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Indonesia, Sweden, Norway, France, Germany, and Catalan. Her poetry has appeared in a variety of print and online publications and has garnered several awards, including a Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg prize and two Pushcart nominations. Cherma, her series of poems about Wisconsin’s Bohemian immigrants, was published in March 2010 by the University of Wisconsin’s Parallel Press chapbook series.
Contact
Contact Jacqueline with questions, comments, speaking invitations, etc. at: jacqueline <at> jacquelinewest.com
Jacqueline West is represented by Chris Richman of Upstart Crow Literary.
Interviews
Pots 'n Pens: Writing, recipes, and foodie/literary metaphors... September 2011
1 Bookshelf: "Jacqueline West's Bookshelf", September 2011
Writing Raw: "The Seven Question Interview", September 2011
Examiner: "Interview with Jacqueline West", August 2011
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Must-Reads for Middle Schoolers, July 2011
The Word Asylum: Jacqueline's advice to young writers, July 2011
Coffee with a Canine: Writers. Dogs. Coffee. Love it. July 2011
Minnesota Reads: "Six Questions We Always Ask", March 2011
Cynsations: New Voice Interview, October 2010
Guide to Literary Agents Blog: "Seven Things I've Learned So Far", September 2010
Daily Pie, June 2010
BookPage, June 2010
MBWCreates, May 19th, 2010
The Tuesday Visitor (Susan Colebank), May 25th, 2010