Jacqui Castle is a professional freelance writer and first-time novelist. She lives and writes in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina. Jacqui's debut book, The Seclusion, is a Foreword Indies Book of the Year Award Winner in Science Fiction, the winner of the North Carolina Author Project, and a finalist for the Indie Author Project(a collaboration between Library Journal and Biblioboard to find the best indie book in the nation). The sequel to The Seclusion is currently in production. When not writing, Jacqui can be found consuming too much caffeine, and spending time with her husband and two children.

Foreword Indies Award Winner in Science Fiction
Winner of the North Carolina Author Project
Finalist for the National Winner of the Indie Author Project