Jackie Lightfield began her career solving problems for tech startups. Before turning to fiction, Jackie Lightfield has explored a career path best described as a methodical documentation of the island of misfit toys. Her recipe for success? One part coder, two parts writer, a dash of marketing and splash of design, served entrepreneurially.
When she is not writing classic mystery adventure stories, she is writing regional guides about journeys that lure you to discover the places and geography that made America. Her work can be found at here at Armchair Expeditions, and also on Light Field Trips.
Explorer, writer, and founder of several startups Jackie Lightfield has spent a lifetime exploring the world and writing about technology and history. She is also a sought after efficiency expert, automating operations for a variety of professional services and consumer support operations. A fan of the golden age detective stories and road trips, she has recently created a series of exploration guides to exploring the Northeast and its mysterious past.
“Most of what I do involves a gleeful exploration into the nooks and crannies of places, of problems, and of artistry. Almost every project I have ever undertaken has started with curiosity about something. This means that I have toiled in the trenches of tech start ups, promising nonprofits, code, node and networks and liminal spaces.
Her writing has appeared in regional travel guides and magazines, AOL Patch, Daily Voice, The Beat, Norwalk Magazine, and Pocket Tour Guides and like most writers he has a Substack and publishes on Medium.
She is a member of Sisters In Crime and the International Thriller Writers.
She wrote “To Have and to Have More” and “The Night Train West.”