Jacqueline Lorraine Conwell
Jacqueline was born in Far Rockaway, New York, and raised in Willingboro, New Jersey. Growing up, her favorite author in elementary school was Shel Silverstein. She enjoyed having to memorize many of his poems for class, one of them being "Bear In There" as well as read his work during SSR (Sustained Silent Reading) time. Jacqueline also enjoyed reading books by R. L. Stine, James Howe, Alvin Schwartz, and many others. Reading was, and still is, one of her favorite things to do. As she got older, Jacqueline developed a love for writing as well. One summer she wrote her very own play based on a video game character that she still loves to this day. She and her younger sister performed it for her parents and grandparents. Short plays turned into poetry by the time she was in junior high. She wrote poems to express how she was feeling when she couldn't do so verbally. It was also around this time that she began writing down her dreams after she had one that she couldn't stop thinking about. Even after moving to Palm Coast, Florida, in 1998, Jacqueline continued to write, moving on to short stories after she and her family were settled and high school started. After getting some positive feedback in A.P. English in her freshman year, she realized that writing was something she was fairly good at. Jacqueline currently lives in Casselberry, Florida.