Jacqui Castle is an educator and novelist living and writing in Asheville, North Carolina. Her novel The Seclusion, garnered Castle the title of 2020 Indie Author of the Year through the Indie Author Project (a collaboration between Library Journal and Biblioboard), and the 2022 sequel The Chasm was hailed as “Not only necessary in school libraries but also a solid choice for a class read” by School Library Journal.
Jacqui is the proud owner of Lit Local Mini Bookshops, which brings the work of local authors to Asheville establishments. Jacqui currently teaches creative writing through Redbud Writing Project, Great Smokies Writing Program and Story Parlor. When not writing, she can be found hanging out with her family and consuming far too much caffeine.