Jacqueline West

January 5, 2024
Children's Author

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Jacqueline West
Full Name Jacqueline West
Occupation Children's Author
Date Of Birth Dec 29, 1979(1979-12-29)
Age 45
Birthplace Minnesota
Country United States
Birth City Minnesota
Horoscope Capricorn

Jacqueline West Biography

Name Jacqueline West
Birthday Dec 29
Birth Year 1979
Place Of Birth Minnesota
Home Town Minnesota
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Capricorn

Jacqueline West is one of the most popular and richest Children's Author who was born on December 29, 1979 in Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. Most famous for her New York Times bestselling children’s series The Books of Elsewhere, West is also known for her Pushcart Prize- nominated poems “Lakeside” and “Obituary Clipping, in an Envelope.”

She and fellow children’s author John Coy are both Minnesota natives.

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.

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. 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.

Though born in Minnesota, she grew up primarily in River Falls, Wisconsin. After marrying Ryan West, she settled in her birth city of Red Wing, Minnesota.

Jacqueline West Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Children's Author
House Living in own house.

Jacqueline West is one of the richest Children's Author from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jacqueline West 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and pursued additional coursework at Edgewood College and the University of Wisconsin- Madison.

Her first Books of Elsewhere volume, The Shadows, was shortlisted for the Louisiana Young Readers’ Choice Award; the Texas Bluebonnet Award; and the Illinois Bluestem Award.

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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Jacqueline Ranked on the list of most popular Children's Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jacqueline West celebrates birthday on December 29 of every year.

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