Having lived and worked in New York City, Jackie White now enjoys more relaxing times residing in a charming village along the Hudson River and hiking in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Once a corporate lawyer, Jackie replaced her treatises for storytelling. The idea for A Kidnapping in New York was born while jogging in the park with her first baby as she listened to engineering checks for a concert to be performed later that evening. In addition to being a novelist, Jackie writes on topical issues for her local newspaper.