Random Acts of Unkindness is a crime novel published worldwide in June 2016. Jacqueline has worked with victims of domestic violence and families of missing people and has received an MBE for services to vulnerable people. Jacqueline was born in Oldham in the North West of England and after training as a psychologist, Jacqueline undertook a doctorate that looked at how storytelling impacts on the way that people construct their identity. She is the author of ‘Health, Identity and Women’ published by Palgrave MacMillan.