Jacqueline Winspear, one of the country’s most popular and most honored mystery authors, discusses her latest book, *Messenger of Truth*. It is a novel featuring Maisie Dobbs, Winspear’s psychological investigator, enmeshed in a whodunit tale. Winspear’s books, *Maisie Dobbs*, *Birds of a Feather*, and *Pardonable Lies* have won Agatha, Alex and Macavity Awards and been nominated for an Edgar for best novel.
Jacqueline Winspear was born and raised in the county of Kent, England. Following higher education at the University of London's Institute of Education, Jacqueline worked in academic publishing, in higher education and in marketing communications in the UK. She emigrated to the United States in 1990, and while working in business and as a personal / professional coach, Jacqueline embarked upon a life-long dream to be a writer. Jacqueline's novels thus far are: *Maisie Dobbs*, *Birds of a Feather*, *Pardonable Lies*, *Messenger of Truth* and *An Incomplete Revenge*, and are set in the late 1920s and early 1930s, with the roots of each story set in the Great War, 1914-1918. Jacqueline's first novel, *Maisie Dobbs*, was a National Bestseller and received an array of accolades, including *New York Times* Notable Book 2003, a *Publishers Weekly* Top Ten Mystery 2003, and a *BookSense* Top Ten selection. In addition, the novel was nominated for 7 awards, including the Edgar for Best Novel, only the second time a first novel was nominated in this category. She subsequently won the prestigious Agatha Award for Best First novel, the Macavity Award for Best First Novel; and the Alex Award, which is presented annually by the American Library Association in conjunction with the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust.