Joshilyn Jackson Explained

Joshilyn Jackson
Birth Date:27 February 1968
Birth Place:Fort Walton Beach, Florida, U.S.
Occupation:Author
Education:Georgia State University (BA)
University of Illinois Chicago (MA)
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Joshilyn Jackson is an American author born February 27, 1968, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.[1] She was graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Pensacola, Florida, in 1986. She attended several colleges before getting a two-year degree from Georgia Perimeter College and a BA in English literature from Georgia State University. She received an MA in creative writing from the University of Illinois Chicago in 1997.[2] She has written eight novels, which in order of publication date are: A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty; Backseat Saints; The Girl Who Stopped Swimming; Between, Georgia; Gods in Alabama; Someone Else's Love Story;[3] The Opposite of Everyone; The Almost Sisters; and Never Have I Ever.[4] [5] She has also written the novella My Own Miraculous. Jackson describes her writing style as "Weirdo Fiction with a Shot of Southern Gothic Influence for Smart People Who Can Catch the Nuances but Who Like Narrative Drive, and Who Have a Sense of Humor but Who Are Willing to Go Down to Dark Places"[6]

Jackson is a member of the board of Reforming Arts, a nonprofit which provides liberal arts classes to women in Georgia prisons. She herself teaches creative writing classes inside Lee Arrendale State Prison.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joshilyn Jackson : Author : Homepage . Joshilynjackson.com . 2016-01-25.
  2. Web site: Georgia Authors Georgia Center for the Book Supporting Libraries, Literary Programs and Georgia's Rich Literary Heritage. www.georgiacenterforthebook.org. 2018-08-07.
  3. Web site: Jackson . Joshilyn . Someone Else's Love Story – Hardcover . Harpercollins.com . November 19, 2013 . 2016-01-25.
  4. Web site: Jackson . Joshilyn . The Opposite of Everyone – Hardcover . Harpercollins.com . 2016-01-25.
  5. Web site: Joshilyn Jackson . Harpercollins.com . 2016-01-25.
  6. Web site: Books. www.joshilynjackson.com. en-US. 2018-03-30.