Jacqueline West (born December 29, 1979) is an American writer of children's fiction[1] and poet.

Her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and her Books of Elsewhere fantasy series has appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list.

Her chapbook of poetry about Czech immigrants to western Minnesota, Cherma, was published by the University of Wisconsin's Parallel Press in March, 2010.

Additionally, she has been an arts and theater reviewer for Isthmus, a newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin.

[5][6] In 2008, she won the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg prize for poetry, and she was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Awards in 2011, 2012, 2019, and 2022.