Jacqueline West (author)

Jacqueline West (born December 29, 1979) is an American writer of children's fiction[1] and poet. Her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and her Books of Elsewhere fantasy series has appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list.[2]

Jacqueline West
West at the 2014 Gaithersburg Book Festival
BornJacqueline Cobian
(1979-12-29) December 29, 1979
Red Wing, Minnesota, United States
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Period2005–present
GenreChildren's fantasy, poetry
SpouseRyan West
Website
jacquelinewest.com

Early life and education

Jacqueline West was born in Red Wing, Minnesota, but was raised in River Falls, Wisconsin, where she graduated from River Falls High School in 1998. She received a degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and has studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Edgewood College.[3] She currently resides in Red Wing, Minnesota.

Career

West is the author of The Books of Elsewhere, a children's literature series published by Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Group USA. Beyond work with fiction, West also publishes poetry. Her chapbook of poetry about Czech immigrants to western Minnesota, Cherma, was published by the University of Wisconsin's Parallel Press in March, 2010. Additionally, she has been an arts and theater reviewer for Isthmus, a newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin.[4] She was nominated for the Pushcart Prize for Poetry twice.[5][6] In 2008, she won the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg prize for poetry, and she was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Awards in 2011 and 2012.[7][8] Her book The Shadows was a finalist for the 2011-2012 Texas Bluebonnet Award,[9] the 2013 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Awards (Grades 3 - 5),[10] and the 2013 Illinois Bluestem Award.[11]

Works
  • Cherma (Parallel Press, March 2010), ISBN 978-1-9347-9511-8 [12]
  • Dreamers Often Lie (Dial Books, April 5, 2016), ISBN 978-0-8037-3863-8

The Books of Elsewhere[13]

References
  1. "Jacqueline West". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  2. "Must-reads for middle-schoolers". Startribune.com. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. "Jacqueline West". Archived from the original on March 31, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
  4. "Isthmus, The Daily Page". Isthmus Publishing Company. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  5. "Lakeside", Rose and Thorn Journal, January 2006
  6. "Obituary Clipping, in an Envelope", Briar Cliff Review, April 2007
  7. "Award Winners and Finalists". Archived from the original on March 15, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  8. "Dorothy Prizes Awarded for 2008". Dorothyprizes,org. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  9. "Texas Bluebonnet Award nominees". Twla.org. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  10. "Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Awards". State.lib.la.us. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  11. "2013 Illinois Bluestem Award Master List" (PDF). Islma.org. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  12. "University of Wisconsin's Parallel Press". Parallelpress.library.wisc.edu. Archived from the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  13. "Dial/Penguin list of books by Jacqueline West". Us.penguingroup.com. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
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