Jacqueline West (author) explained

Jacqueline West
Birth Name:Jacqueline Cobian
Birth Date:29 December 1979
Birth Place:Red Wing, Minnesota, United States
Occupation:Writer
Alma Mater:University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Period:2005–present
Genre:Children's fantasy, poetry
Spouse:Ryan West

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]

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, 2012, 2019, and 2022.[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]

West was the winner of the 2022 Minnesota Book Award for Middle Grade Literature for her 2021 book Long Lost.[12]

Works

The Books of Elsewhere[14]

The Collectors[15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jacqueline West . 6 June 2011 . WorldCat.org.
  2. Web site: Must-reads for middle-schoolers. Startribune.com. 13 October 2014.
  3. Web site: Jacqueline West . December 1, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120331122759/http://www.thebooksofelsewhere.com/xml/bio.xml . March 31, 2012 .
  4. Web site: Isthmus, The Daily Page. 6 June 2011. Isthmus Publishing Company. https://web.archive.org/web/20120323104956/http://www.thedailypage.com/search/searchAuthor.php?authorID=64. 23 March 2012. dead.
  5. "Lakeside", Rose and Thorn Journal, January 2006
  6. "Obituary Clipping, in an Envelope", Briar Cliff Review, April 2007
  7. Web site: Award Winners and Finalists . June 7, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110315120900/http://www.thefriends.org/programs/mnbookawards/award_winners_and_finalists.html . March 15, 2011 .
  8. Web site: Dorothy Prizes Awarded for 2008. Dorothyprizes.org. 13 October 2014.
  9. Web site: Texas Bluebonnet Award nominees. Twla.org. 13 October 2014.
  10. Web site: Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Awards. State.lib.la.us. 13 October 2014.
  11. Web site: 2013 Illinois Bluestem Award Master List. Islma.org. 13 October 2014.
  12. Web site: Minnesota Book Award Winners. thefriends.org. 28 April 2022.
  13. Web site: University of Wisconsin's Parallel Press. Parallelpress.library.wisc.edu. 13 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141017210716/http://parallelpress.library.wisc.edu/poetry/titles/author.shtml?West. 17 October 2014. dead.
  14. Web site: Dial/Penguin list of books by Jacqueline West. Us.penguingroup.com. 13 October 2014.
  15. Web site: Harper Collins books by Jacqueline West. www.harpercollins.com. 28 April 2022.