After graduating from Central Michigan University with a degree in journalism, Jackie Braun worked at newspapers for nearly 17 years, 11 of those years as an award-winning editorial writer for The Flint Journal in Michigan, where she was also the first female editorial writer in the newspaper’s history.

She sold her first book to Silhouette Romance in late 1999. One Fiancee to Go, Please was an October 2000 release and went on to win the Rising Star Award for traditional romantic fiction. True Love, Inc., also a Silhouette Romance, was released in June 2002, and became a finalist in the traditional romance category for both the RITA Awards and the National Readers Choice Awards. Her third and fourth books, Her Stand-In Groom and The Game Show Bride, were released from Harlequin Romance in 2004. Both finaled in the NRCA and The Game Show Bride earned Jackie her second RITA nomination.

Jackie quit her full-time job in January 2004 to freelance and write fiction full time. She lives in Flushing, Mich., with her husband Mark and their son Daniel. She loves to hear from readers. Click on the email button at the bottom of this page to send her a message.

Jackie is a member of the Romance Writers of America and the Mid-Michigan RWA. For more information on Harlequin romance authors, visit them online here. Information on Harlequin books and special offers can be found by visiting eHarlequin.com.

Interesting facts about the author

  • Jackie’s first manuscript took six years to complete and has never sold. It was more than 600 pages long and she can admit now that it was also really, really bad. She still hopes to resurrect the main characters for another book – this one much less convoluted.
  • Jackie is the youngest of eight children. She married a man who also has seven siblings. Almost all of their brothers and sisters are married with children, and some of those children are now married and starting families of their own. Holiday gatherings require crowd control.
  • Jackie lost her oldest brother, Danny, to cancer in 2000. With the exception of her first book, which was written before Dan’s death, she has included some form of her late brother’s name in every story as a tribute to him. She also named her son after him.
  • During college, Jackie worked at Good Housekeeping in New York City. She spent 10 weeks in the Big Apple as an American Society of Magazine Editors intern and loved every minute of it. She planned to return after graduation and even received job offers from two women’s magazines, but the low pay and the high cost of living helped change her mind. She decided to remain in newspapers. Jackie interned for six months at The Grand Rapids Press in Grand Rapids, Mich., before taking a job with The Niagara Gazette in Niagara Falls, N.Y. She joined The Flint Journal’s staff less than a year later. She remained at The Journal for more than 15 years.
  • While at The Flint Journal, Jackie earned five Michigan Press Association Awards, including two first places, for her editorial writing. She was the newspaper’s first female editorial writer and only the second woman to sit on its editorial board.

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