LIVING THE DREAM
Jackie was born and raised in the heart of New Jersey where she spent 25 years as a classroom teacher and was a contributing education writer for the Courier Post. After retiring, she moved to Florida and realized her dream of writing full-time. Her first novel, Project June Bug, the story of a teacher working with a student with ADHD, won several literary awards and was named "Book of the Year" by Premier Book Awards.
Jackie's second book, Jacqueline, is a middle grade historical fiction based on an experience her father (a WWII veteran) had while stationed in France shortly after D-Day. It has received an Eric Hoffer Book Award, a gold medal from the Literary Classics Book Awards, first place for middle grade fiction and runner-up for Book of the Year in the Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Literary Awards, and a gold medal from the Military Writers Society of America.
Her latest novel, One Small Spark, a middle grade historical set in 1770s Boston, won the Eloquent Quill Top Honors Award for Youth Fiction, a gold medal from Literary Classics International Book Awards, a silver medal from the Military Writers Society of America, and a Royal Palm Literary Silver Award. It was also chosen as a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards and received a 5-star review from Reader's Favorite.
Several of Jackie's stories have also been included in Chicken Soup for the Soul collections.
