After working in children's trade book publishing for a decade, Jackie C. Horne returned to academia, earning an M.A. in Children's Literature from the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College, and a Ph.D. in 18th and 19th century British Literature from Brandeis University. Her articles have appeared in CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY, THE LION AND THE UNICORN, CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN EDUCATION, and CANADIAN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.
Jackie currently blogs about the intersections of genre and gender at Romance Novels for Feminists: http://www.romancenovelsforfeminists.blogspot.com