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Biography

Jacqueline was born in Oldham near Manchester. She was educated at Bluecoat School in Oldham and subsequently studied management accounting whilst living in Cyprus. During this time she developed her creative writing skills by writing short stories and poems which were published in various anthologies and ‘best’ magazine.

She then began to run creative writing workshops for Oldham Borough Council, bringing creative writing skills to teenagers living in a disadvantaged social and educational area. This prompted an interest in identity construction and narratives and Jacqueline embarked on a BSc Honours degree in order to hone her understanding of how people operate their identity in the world.

After graduating with a 2:1 in psychology, Jacqueline went on to postgraduate study at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her expertise lies in the field of identity construction and she has spent five years in research and attained a doctorate in November 2007. Jacqueline has written extensively on identity construction and contributed a chapter to a recent collaboration of eminent narrative psychologists in Narrative, Memory and Knowledge: Representations, Aesthetics and Contexts. Jacqueline's full-length book 'Identity, Health and Women: a critical social psychological perspective ' a textbook for health professionals, students, researchers, practitioners and anyone interested in identity construction in the context of health - to be published 2010 worldwide by Palgrave Macmillan.

Jacqueline feels that her academic and life experience to date positions her ideally in the observation of life and provides the skills to narrate this in detail in her projects conceptualizing five novels about women's identity dialectics. Four novels are now complete and the fifth novel is in progress. Additionally, Jacqueline has a back catalogue of short stories and vignettes.

She has also written several articles about Human Factors for Safety and reliability Journal and contributed to the editorial content in her role as Chief Executive of the Safety and Reliability Society. Jacqueline also takes part in the management board of Oldham Family Crisis Group, a domestic violence charity in Oldham.

Jacqueline lives in Oldham with her partner Eric and their dog. She works as a writer and research consultant in Manchester and writes short stories and novels about ‘real’ women grounded in their ‘real’ lives. Her hobbies include circle-chasing, webpage authoring and postmodern charcoal drawing.