Jacqueline Wright was born in Mauston Wisconsin, Aug 28th, 1930. She was the 4th child of Lyall and Vera Wright. When she was three years old, her father went to prison for eight years. He was charged with the robbery of the New Lisbon bank. He denied the charge. Jacqueline moved to Sparta, Wisconsin the summer of 1936 with her mother and three siblings. She graduated from Sparta high school in June 1948. She received a BS and MS from the University of Wisconsin and taught in Wisconsin schools for thirty-two years. In 1983 she started a daycare, Harvard House, in Janesville, Wisconsin, licensed for seventy-five children, six weeks old through elementary school. She retired from the daycare in 1993 to begin her writing career. She married an optometrist, William Zenk and has five children. She and her husband live in the Wisconsin Dells area. Jacqueline spends her time reading (usually three books at a time - one of the books always a spiritual book), writing, and a bit of gardening. Her and her dog, Rosie, like to take walks together in the woods around her home.
