Jacqueline Carmichael

The granddaughter of two men who were soldiers in World War I for the duration of it, Jacqueline Larson Carmichael is a poet, working on a novel, who has made a career of journalism. Her work has appeared in news, travel & opinion articles in publications as diverse as The Dallas Morning News, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Alberni Valley News, The Westerly News, and the Toronto Sun.

She taught journalism to young people in the gifted program at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Texas and at the Alberta Legislature. She is a recipient of the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors First Place Award for feature series writing.

The dual American-Canadian citizen lives on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, with her family and two noisy Shetland sheepdogs.