Jacqueline Winspear
Auteur van Maisie Dobbs
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Jacqueline Winspear was born in the county of Kent, England. She was educated at the University of London's Institute of Education. After graduation, she worked in academic publishing, in higher education, and in marketing communications in the UK. In 1990, she emigrated to the United States. She toon meer was working in business and as a personal/professional coach when she decided to try writing. Her first novel, Maisie Dobbs, won the Agatha Award for Best First novel, the Macavity Award for Best First Novel, and the Alex Award. She is the author of the Maisie Dobbs Mystery series. She has also won the Agatha Award for Best Novel, the inaugural Sue Feder/Macavity Award for Best Historical Mystery, and the Bruce Alexander Award for Best Historical Mystery. Her title, A Dangerous Place, made The New York Times High Profile titles list. Journey to Munich, a book in the Maisie Dobbs Series, made the New York Times bestseller list in 2016. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1955
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- Groot-Brittannië (geboorte)
VS (woonachtig sinds 1990) - Geboorteplaats
- Kent, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Kent, England, UK
London, England, UK
USA - Opleiding
- Pedagogiek
- Beroepen
- Auteur
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Agatha Award (2003)
Alex Award (2003) - Agent
- Amy Rennert (The Amy Rennert Agency)
- Korte biografie
- Jacqueline Winspear is a mystery writer, author of the Maisie Dobbs series of books exploring the aftermath of World War I. She has won several mystery writing awards for books in this popular series.
Winspear was born on April 30, 1955, and raised in Kent. She was educated at the University of London's Institute of Education and then worked in academic publishing, higher education and in marketing communications. She emigrated to the United States in 1990. Winspear stated that her childhood awareness of her grandfather's suffering in World War I led to an interest in that period.
Maisie Dobbs is a private investigator who untangles painful and shameful secrets stemming from war experiences. A gifted working class girl, she received an unusual education thanks to the patronage of her employer. She interrupts her education to work as a nurse in the war, falls in love and suffers her own loss. After the war, again with help from her patron, she sets up as an investigator. Dobbs places emphasis on achieving healing for her clients and insists they comply with her ethical approach.
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Birds of a feather : a novel door Jacqueline Winspear
Strong, beautiful and heartbreaking story revolving around WW1. It introduces Billy as Maisie Dobbs' helpmeet. Well written story shows another side to the White Feather movement during the war.
This is the first in the Maisie Dobbs series and includes her origin story. Excellent writing, character development, and story (the aftermath of war). The engaging story is set after WW1 London and Kent with flashbacks to her experience as a nurse on the battlefield.
Fans of Maisie Dobbs will be glad of another addition to the series, but may regret that this is her final story. Her partner Billy and his family play a part in this story, because Maisie encounters Will, Billy's son who is suffering ptsd from his POW experience in Japan. At the same time, she meets four youth who are squatters taking care of Will, who are damaged in their own ways. Maisie determines to make things right for all of them, but must first uncover their secrets. As it turns out, she uncovers a major secret that will clarify her own past and enrich her future.… (meer)
A Sunlit Weapon is written by Jacqueline Winspear.
The book is #17 in the highly-acclaimed Maisie Dobbs series.
In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on British pilots leads Jacqueline Winspear's beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs into a mystery involving First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
“October 1942. Jo Hardy, a 22-year-old ferry pilot, is delivering a Supermarine Spitfire—the fastest fighter aircraft in the world—to Biggin Hill Aerodrome, when she realizes someone is shooting at her aircraft from the ground. Returning to the location on foot, she finds an American serviceman in a barn, bound and gagged. She rescues the man, who is handed over to the American military police; it quickly emerges that he is considered a suspect in the disappearance of a fellow soldier who is missing.
Tragedy strikes two days later, when another ferry pilot crashes in the same area where Jo’s plane was attacked. At the suggestion of one of her colleagues, Jo seeks the help of psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs. Meanwhile, Maisie’s husband, a high-ranking political attaché based at the American embassy, is in the thick of ensuring security is tight for the first lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, during her visit to the Britain. There’s already evidence that German agents have been circling: the wife of a president represents a high value target. Mrs. Roosevelt is clearly in danger, and there may well be a direct connection to the death of the woman ferry pilot and the recent activities of two American servicemen.
To guarantee the safety of the First Lady—and of the soldier being held in police custody—Maisie must uncover that connection. At the same time, she faces difficulties of an entirely different nature with her young daughter, Anna, who is experiencing wartime struggles of her own.”
This award-winning series is one of my all-time favorite reads. Each one is a perfect, seamless blend of history, mystery and psychology.
I have read all 17 titles (in order) and each one stays with me with Maisie and Maurice’s words always in the back of my mind.
The last book, The Comfort of Ghosts, is scheduled to be published in June 2024. I can’t wait to read it, but I will miss Maisie very, very much.
*****… (meer)
The book is #17 in the highly-acclaimed Maisie Dobbs series.
In the latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series, a series of possible attacks on British pilots leads Jacqueline Winspear's beloved heroine Maisie Dobbs into a mystery involving First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
“October 1942. Jo Hardy, a 22-year-old ferry pilot, is delivering a Supermarine Spitfire—the fastest fighter aircraft in the world—to Biggin Hill Aerodrome, when she realizes someone is shooting at her aircraft from the ground. Returning to the location on foot, she finds an American serviceman in a barn, bound and gagged. She rescues the man, who is handed over to the American military police; it quickly emerges that he is considered a suspect in the disappearance of a fellow soldier who is missing.
Tragedy strikes two days later, when another ferry pilot crashes in the same area where Jo’s plane was attacked. At the suggestion of one of her colleagues, Jo seeks the help of psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs. Meanwhile, Maisie’s husband, a high-ranking political attaché based at the American embassy, is in the thick of ensuring security is tight for the first lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt, during her visit to the Britain. There’s already evidence that German agents have been circling: the wife of a president represents a high value target. Mrs. Roosevelt is clearly in danger, and there may well be a direct connection to the death of the woman ferry pilot and the recent activities of two American servicemen.
To guarantee the safety of the First Lady—and of the soldier being held in police custody—Maisie must uncover that connection. At the same time, she faces difficulties of an entirely different nature with her young daughter, Anna, who is experiencing wartime struggles of her own.”
This award-winning series is one of my all-time favorite reads. Each one is a perfect, seamless blend of history, mystery and psychology.
I have read all 17 titles (in order) and each one stays with me with Maisie and Maurice’s words always in the back of my mind.
The last book, The Comfort of Ghosts, is scheduled to be published in June 2024. I can’t wait to read it, but I will miss Maisie very, very much.
*****… (meer)
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