Jacquelin Thomas

Jacquelin Thomas is an award-winning, best-selling author with over 100 titles published. Her books have garnered several awards, including two EMMA Awards, the Romance In Color Reviewers Award, the Readers Choice Award, and the Atlanta Choice Award in the Religious & Spiritual category. Jacquelin was a 2005 honoree at the Houston Black Film Festival for the movie adaptation of her novel, Hidden Blessings. She was the first recipient of the Writers Achievement Award at the North Carolina Book Festival in Winston-Salem. She has also received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Romantic Times magazine, a Literary Icon Award, and a Living Legend Award. In 2024, she was awarded a Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award.

Jacquelin has published in the romance, suspense, women's fiction, inspirational, and young adult genres. Her second book in the Young Adult series, Divine Confidential, was nominated for a 2008 NAACP Image Award.

In addition to her writing career, Jacquelin is a licensed clinical mental health therapist whose work deepens her understanding of relationships, resilience, grief, and personal transformation—themes that frequently shape her novels.

Jacquelin is happily married to her best friend, is the proud mother of three children and grandmother of eight, and lives with her family in North Carolina.