Jackie Carreira is a multi award-winning novelist, playwright and musician. British born of Portuguese parents, Jackie spent her childhood between Hackney in East London and the Old Quarter of Lisbon. These noisy, colourful places are responsible for her fascination with people-watching, and have inspired much of her writing. After failing miserably to work in advertising, Jackie accidentally became a professional musician and spent 12 years travelling the world with her bass guitar before finally being able to afford to go to University. This had been a dream since she left school at 16, and she was the first person in her family to achieve it. She earned a first class Honours Degree in Creative Writing and knew then that words and literature would be the focus for the rest of her life. She moved to Suffolk in 2006, met her future husband, co-founded a theatre company with him, and hasn't stopped writing since. Her plays for theatre have been performed all over the English-speaking world. A third novel is due to be published in late 2024. Jackie and her husband are currently owned by two cats.