Joshilyn Jackson

Joshilyn Jackson is an American author born February 27th, 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 at 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]

Joshilyn Jackson
NationalityAmerican
Website
www.joshilynjackson.com

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.

References
  1. "Joshilyn Jackson : Author : Homepage". Joshilynjackson.com. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  2. "Georgia Authors | Georgia Center for the Book | Supporting Libraries, Literary Programs and Georgia's Rich Literary Heritage". www.georgiacenterforthebook.org. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  3. Jackson, Joshilyn (2013-11-19). "Someone Else's Love Story - Hardcover". Harpercollins.com. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  4. Jackson, Joshilyn. "The Opposite of Everyone - Hardcover". Harpercollins.com. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  5. "Joshilyn Jackson". Harpercollins.com. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  6. "Books". www.joshilynjackson.com. Retrieved 2018-03-30.


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