Jackie has been writing since she retired from teaching high school science and working as a careers advisor. She is a founding member of the Lazy River Writers.
 
Her first novel, The Burning was published in 1998 by Australian Pocket Press. It is a crime novel, set against the background of summer bushfires.

It is now available on the Virtual Tales site as twice weekly issues of an e-book (see http://www.virtualtales.com) and also as a complete e-book at  http://www.mobipocket.com/en/eBooks/BookDetails.asp?BookID=34285&Origine=791, www.fictionwise.com etc.

You can read a review of 'The Burning' at http://www.simegen.com/reviews/list/31334.html and at http://www.wildchildpublishing.com/view/379/101

Her collection of short stories, 'Unfettered Feet' published by Ginninderra Press was launched on July 29th. Now available from the Ginninderra website and from http://www.justlocal.com.au/clients/book/jackie-tritt/

Her non-fiction work, including articles on gardening, education, careers, and travel, has appeared in The Age, The Adelaide Advertiser, the Herald Sun, the West Australian and the Women’s Weekly.
 
Her short stories have been successful in many competitions, including the 2004/5 Herald Sun/Collins $5,000 award, the Campbell River (Canada), the Judah Waten, Fifty Plus News (2002, 2006, 2007), artsnet Gippsland, and ABC Perth. They have appeared in publications such as pendulum, Phaedra (US), Page Seventeen, acruelworld, and Tarralla. You can read new stories, 'Seven o'clock news', in Southern Ocean Review's April 2007 edition - http://www.arts.org.nz/sor43.htm and 'Past Caring' at http://www.australianreader.com.

Several articles and stories may be viewed at http://www.helium.com and http://www.redbubble.com.

 Jackie’s stories for children have been published in the magazines Comet, Pursuit, Challenge, and NSW School Magazine – Blast Off and she was shortlisted in the Midlands children’s story competition for 2004, and the Silver Brumby children’s story competition 2005. Her work in Comet
now appears in Canada.

She has been interviewed on radio and has broadcast her work. She has also appeared
at spoken word venues.
  
You can read an interview with Jackie at http://www.virtualtales.com/ezines/jackie-tritt.htm and articles in Writers' News at http://www.writersnews.co.uk/newssep06/tritt.asp and www.writersnews.co.uk/newsoct07/jackie.asp.

And now there's a new interview at Australian Crime Fiction's site: http://www.austcrimefiction.org/node/4237

Read more at http://morganmandelbooks.ning.com/profile/Jackievet

and http://freewebs.com/jackietritt

Find Jackie's personal website at freewebs.com