Jackie Weger

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Biography

As an author for Harlequin American Romance, Jackie Weger published sixteen books. She wrote seven novels for the Harlequin Temptation imprint. She wrote the first African-American romance published by Harlequin, A Strong And Tender Thread (although it was originally written with Caucasian characters before then-editor Vivian Stephens, wanting books with African-American characters but not receiving any submissions, asked her to change them[1]). Weger says the book was originally written with characters of color. Weger's last book was published in 1995 while she was living in St. Augustine, Florida. She spent twelve years in the Oldest City, renovating a hundred-year-old house in historic Lincolnville, a community established by freed slaves in 1866. She stopped writing to care for elderly and handicapped members of her family. In 1999 she moved to Central America with her companion dog,a Shar-pei named Simon. Together they lived in a small Rainforest village in a thatched-roof bohio while making intrepid excursions into the Darien, the San Blas Islands, and outer islands in the Pacific. Weger also volunteered at a Sister's of Mercy mission where she taught women in poverty how to earn money. Returning stateside in 2002, Weger enrolled in university, earning an AA, a BA, and in 2008, at the age of 68, earned a teaching certification in History. She graduated Summa cum Laude in the top five percent of her class. In 2005 Weger spent a semester at Queens College, the University of London, producing a study of comparative education between the US and UK. Weger returns to Panama often; most recently spending nine months dividing her time between now established homes on Taboga Isla and el Cacao. Weger lives in Hockley, Texas--a community northwest of Houston.

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