Career
Born in Atlanta, Georgia, and raised in Alpharetta, Georgia, Jackson obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts and Philosophy from the University of Maryland. Her talent for words began there, where she interned as a speech writer After graduation, Jackson wrote copy for an advertising agency in Atlanta.
She concentrated her efforts in Hispanic ministry and teaching.
Jackson writes fiction and poetry. On This Side of Heaven, Jackson"s first novel, follows the journey of a corrupt preacher in a fast-growing affluent suburb who is determined to build a mega church, at any cost.
Jackson has written a series of books in the Heavenly Novels series: On This Side of Heaven (2006), Foreign the Love of Heaven (2007), with several other Heavenly Novels completed and slated for future release. Beyond the Cross, a book about Sanctification, was published in 2007.
Jackson cites her influences as Old Testament literature, including writings that were never canonized, F. Scott Fitzgerald, C. South. Lewis and Sue Monk Kidd.
