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Jacqueline Freeman Wheelock’s historical novels share the narratives of African American women seeking their identities in the difficult setting of the old South. A former high school and college English teacher, her first novel, A Most Precious Gift, debuted in 2014 and made Amazon’s Best Seller in African American Historical Fiction. In 2017, she released its sequel, In Pursuit of an Emerald. Wheelock is a multi-published author whose works range from short stories and devotionals to a memoir of growing up during and after segregation. Published multiple times by University Press of Mississippi, she has been a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers for over a decade. Jacqueline and her husband Donald have two adult children and ...more

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Jacqueline Freeman Wheelock I write--even if it's senseless. I find if you are a writer at heart and you put pen to paper long enough, something writer-worthy emerges. It's in th…moreI write--even if it's senseless. I find if you are a writer at heart and you put pen to paper long enough, something writer-worthy emerges. It's in there; one just has to write until she opens the door to her heart.(less)
Jacqueline Freeman Wheelock The act of creating characters and having them become real to me is the most fun thing of all.
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A Most Precious Gift

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God, Send Sunday

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In Pursuit of an Emerald

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The Long and the Short of It: God and a Questionable Moment in Florida

The Long of it:

I was tired, lonely, and a little scared. Navigating Interstate 95 in a busy city in south Florida which was on the verge of a hurricane, my excitement about the trip I had been months in planning was flagging. It was hard to see in front of me—that juncture between night and day being firmly in control while wind and rain were on the increase. I seriously started to question my dec

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Published on March 21, 2023 10:28
Salvage the Bones
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