
Jacqueline is the author of the New York Times bestsellers A Lesson in Secrets, The Mapping of Love and Death, Among the Mad, and An Incomplete Revenge, and other nationally bestselling Maisie Dobbs novels.Cannes: Mohammad Rasoulof Banned From Leaving Iran to Join Un Certain Regard Jury She currently divides her time between Ojai and the San Francisco Bay Area and is a regular visitor to the United Kingdom and Europe. She emigrated to the United States in 1990, and while working in business and as a personal / professional coach, Jacqueline embarked upon a life-long dream to be a writer.Ī regular contributor to journals covering international education, Jacqueline has published articles in women's magazines and has also recorded her essays for KQED radio in San Francisco. Following higher education at the University of London’s Institute of Education, Jacqueline worked in academic publishing, in higher education and in marketing communications in the UK. Jacqueline Winspear was born and raised in the county of Kent, England. It’s an enlightening read that fans are sure to love. And Billy Beale, her assistant, talks about their first meeting during the Great War, as well as what it’s like to work for her. Maurice Blanche, her mentor, discusses her studies and their detective work. Her first employer, Lady Rowan Compton, recounts finding a young Maisie studying late one night in her library.

Her father, Francis Dobbs looks back on her childhood and proclaims the pride she instills in him. In this profile, four characters very close to Maisie shed light on the beloved psychologist and investigator. But just who exactly is Miss Maisie Dobbs? Jacqueline Winspear’s debut won her the Agatha Award for Best First Novel and led to a New York Times–bestselling series. The historical mystery Maisie Dobbs was first published in 2003, introducing readers to an inquisitive, young, English, working-class woman as she opens her own London detective agency following World War I. Four fictional characters are interviewed in this profile of the adventurous sleuth, by the New York Times–bestselling author of A Sunlit Weapon.
