In 1999 Jacqueline Luckett left the corporate world to kickstart her writing career with classes she took on a dare—from herself. People Magazine (February 2012) described Luckett’s sophomore novel, PASSING LOVE  as “beautifully written and filled with vibrant scenes of Paris in its Jazz Age and today.” Essence Magazine selected SEARCHING FOR TINA TURNER  as the January 2010 book-of-the-month selection. The novel follows a divorced woman’s journey to self by way of France.  Jacqueline, a native Californian, lives and writes in Oakland, but takes time out to indulge her love of traveling and to nurture her passion for photography and exotic foods.