Jacqui Shine is a writer and historian.
Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Atlantic, Slate, The Awl, the Lapham’s Quarterly blog, Pacific Standard, the Chicago Reader, The Believer, New York Magazine's Vulture, the Boston Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Eater, Bookforum, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Her story on the history of the New York Times' Style Section was nominated for a 2015 Mirror Award for excellence in media industry reporting. She was a Nonfiction Scholar at the 2014 Virginia Quarterly Review Writers’ Conference (where Richard Bausch called her a "really fucking great writer"). She was awarded a 2015 Ragdale Foundation residency. She also serves as a VQR manuscript reader.
She holds a B.A. from Smith College, a certificate in nonfiction writing from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in United States history from the University of California, Berkeley.
Jacqui is represented by Elyse Cheney Literary Associates.
Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Atlantic, Slate, The Awl, the Lapham’s Quarterly blog, Pacific Standard, the Chicago Reader, The Believer, New York Magazine's Vulture, the Boston Review, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Eater, Bookforum, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Her story on the history of the New York Times' Style Section was nominated for a 2015 Mirror Award for excellence in media industry reporting. She was a Nonfiction Scholar at the 2014 Virginia Quarterly Review Writers’ Conference (where Richard Bausch called her a "really fucking great writer"). She was awarded a 2015 Ragdale Foundation residency. She also serves as a VQR manuscript reader.
She holds a B.A. from Smith College, a certificate in nonfiction writing from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in United States history from the University of California, Berkeley.
Jacqui is represented by Elyse Cheney Literary Associates.
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