Occupation Writer Name Jacqueline West Spouse Ryan West | Period 2005–present Nationality American Role Writer | |
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Born Jacqueline Cobian
December 29, 1979 (age 44)
Red Wing, Minnesota, United States ( 1979-12-29 ) Alma mater University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Genre Children's fantasy, poetry Education University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, River Falls High School Books The Second Spy, Spellbound: The Books of Elsewh, The Shadows, Still Life: The Books of Elsewh, The Strangers | ||
Jacqueline West (born December 29, 1979) is an American writer of children's fiction 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.
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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. She currently resides in Red Wing, Minnesota.
Career
West is the author of the 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. She was nominated for the Pushcart Prize for Poetry twice. 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. Her book The Shadows was a finalist for the 2011-2012 Texas Bluebonnet Award, the 2013 Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Awards (Grades 3 - 5), and the 2013 Illinois Bluestem Award.
Works
The Books of Elsewhere