Anna West

Jackie Waddle is a fiction writer and creative writing practitioner. Her novels are published under her writing name, Anna West.

Jackie started her studies in creative writing at Exeter University, later enhancing her education with an MA in Creative Writing with Pedagogic Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Using the name, Aspiring Writers, Jackie has run workshops at: Tavistock Music and Arts Festival, The Ockment Centre, Okehampton (Grassroots Literature), Tavistock Parish Church Hall, Tavistock Library, Orchard Learning Studios. She has worked as a marketing/publicity practitioner for MED Theatre, and collaborated with other writers, for Devon Artsculture. Since 2008, Jackie has been working as an Associate Lecturer at Plymouth and Exeter Universities, running creative writing workshops for Medical and Dental Humanities modules.

Novels, in order, are: Breaking New Ground and Under the Bonsai Trees.