Jacqueline Sheehan


Jamaican Writing Retreat

The Great Darkness Writing Group reading at Elmer's Store in Ashfield.

Women Reading Aloud 2010

Events

Saturday November 5, 2011


Jacqueline teaches an all day workshop at Writers in Progress. Plotting the Plot. 9:30 – 4. For more information, go to www.writersinprogress.com.

November 4, 2011, 3 pm


Autumn Author Series
Jacqueline will discuss historical topics related to The Comet’s Tale at Loomis Village Retirement Community. 20 Bayon Drive, South Hadley, MA. www.loomiscommunities.org

October 22, 2011


WriteAngles Conference, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.
Join Jacqueline as she moderates a panel called, First Novels. Panelists are Marianne Banks, Ellen Meeropol, and Randy Susan Meyers. For more information, go to
www.writeanglesconference.com.

October 20, Thursday, 7:30


Southampton Reads
Jacqueline will read from and discuss historical aspects of her novel, The Comet’s Tale.
Contact info is Jeff Aubuchon, director, or any of the librarians at 413 527 9480.
Edwards Public Library, 30 East St. Southampton MA 01073
www.southamptonlibrary.org

September 15-October 13, 2011


Jacqueline will be working at Jentel Arts Residency Program in Banner, WY. www.jentelarts.org.

April 28- May 1, 2011


Women Reading Aloud
Weekend Writing Workshop
Sea Girt, New Jersey
With WRA Director, Julie Maloney

April 2, 2011


Join Jacqueline and Ellen Meeropol, author of House Arrest, at the Maine Festival of the Book for their workshop Evil Characters We Love to Hate.
1:30 – 2:30
Portland, ME
For more information go to:

For more information about Ellen Meeropol, and her new book House Arrest, go to:

March 12, 2011


Jacqueline will be teaching a writing workshop, Creating Unforgettable Characters, from 9 – 4:30.
Writers in Progress
Florence, MA

For more information and to register go to:

February 12, 2011


Learn how to build psychologically interesting characters with Jacqueline in her workshop The Psychology of Strong Characters at Grub Street in Boston, MA.

For more information go to:

December 1, 2010


Local history, local novelists
Forbes Library
Northampton, MA

September 26, 2010


Great Darkness Writing Group
2nd annual reading and fundraiser
Elmer’s Store
Ashfield, MA

September 18, 2010


Monadnock Writers Group
Peterborough Library

For more information go to:

September 6, 2010


Join Jacqueline's Fall Splurge Class for 4 weeks of writing in Florence, Ma.

June 24, 2010


Jacqueline will be reading from her book at Kennebooks in Kennebunk, Maine.

June 6-13, 2010


Come to Pembrokshire, Wales for writing and yoga retreat with Jacqueline and Patricia Lee Lewis.

June 4, 2010


Join Jacqueline in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire at the Book and Author Luncheon with Maxine Kumin and Brunonia Barry.

April 23–25, 2010


Join Jacqueline and Julie Maloney for a long weekend of writing.
Sea Girt, New Jersey.
www.womenreadingaloud.org

April 10, 2010


Jacqueline will be the keynote speaker at the Library Gala at the University of Massachusetts.

March 20–27, 2010


Join Jacqueline and Celia Jeffries, MFA
Writing and Yoga in Jamaica
A week of writing and yoga in paradise
www.TropicalEscapes.biz

Take a peek at Caribbean Travel + Life who have featured our writing retreat: caribbeantravelmag.blogspot.com

Selected Works


Fiction
Now & Then (2009)
"A well-researched, enjoyable read, with a poignantly engaging young hero."
–Diana Gabaldon, NYT bestselling author of the Outlander and Lord John series
“Spellbinding…an altogether enjoyable adventure with a heavy helping of magic.”
Publishers Weekly
Lost & Found (2007)
“Sheehan eloquently channels both human and canine voices in this bittersweet tale of wounded lives renewed.”
–Suzanne Strempek Shea, author of Becoming Finola
Historical Fiction
The Comet's Tale: A Novel About Sojourner Truth (2003)
“Sheehan’s writing is lively and vivid and her feel for historical detail is fine…”
New York Times