Jacquelyn “Jackie” Carberry is a children’s book author and illustrator. She especially enjoys writing chapter books, picture books, and middle grade novels.

Jacquelyn previously worked in the newspaper industry, starting off at weeklies and small dailies and then large daily metro newspapers. She has worked in various aspects of newsrooms, serving as a general staff reporter, design/layout editor and copy editor, and as a features writer. She has interviewed entertainers such as singers Andrew McMahon and Sarah McLachlan and comedians Adam Devine and David Spade. She has worked in marketing for the past few years, utilizing a mix of writing, editing, and design skills. She also worked as a freelance designer for a traditional book publishing house. 

Jackie has post-baccalaureate certificates in children’s book writing and children’s book illustration, as well as a MA degree in English with a concentration in professional writing and coursework in creative writing, literature, PR, and more journalism.

For her illustration work, lately she tends to create hand-drawn pieces, finishing her artwork digitally in PhotoShop and Illustrator. She also enjoys experimenting with different mediums, such as watercolors and pen and ink.

She also participates in several writing critique groups and has worked with an illustration mentor. She’s also in professional groups such as Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) and the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA).

She owns a dog and three cats. Sometimes it is hard to say who owns who, but she loves the small menagerie at her house.