Jacqueline Winspear is an English-born mystery writer best known for the Maisie Dobbs series, featuring a psychologist and investigator working in the aftermath of the First World War. Born in 1955 and raised in Kent, she worked in academic publishing, higher education and marketing communications before moving to the United States in 1990 and turning to fiction.
The first novel, Maisie Dobbs, won the Agatha and Macavity awards. She has also written standalone novels, including The Care and Management of Lies and The White Lady, and a memoir of her English childhood, This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing.
