Jeremy Jackson (author)
Jeremy Jackson is an American author. He was born in Ohio, grew up on a farm in Missouri, and currently lives in
Iowa City , Iowa. He is a graduate ofVassar College and theIowa Writers' Workshop . He has written two novels, "Life at These Speeds" (2002), about a high school boy who finds his life through long-distance running and track, and "In Summer" (2004), with a similar premise, about a high school graduate caught between his adolescence and adulthood. The manuscript of "Life at These Speeds" won a James A. Michener/Copernicus Society of America Fellowship in 2000 and was later a seleciton for Barnes and Noble's Discover Great New Writers. Currently, the novel is being developed as a feature film starring Justin Long and Sam Rockwell.Jackson has also written three cookbooks, "The Cornbread Book" (2003), "Desserts That Have Killed Better Men Than Me" (2004) and "Good Day for a Picnic" (2005). His recipes and food writing have appeared in the "Chicago Tribune", "The Washington Post", and "Food and Wine". "The Cornbreaad Book" was nominated for a James Beard Award.
Jeremy Jackson also writes young adult novels under the pseudonym Alex Bradley. Alex Bradley's first novel was "24 Girls in 7 Days" (2005), about a romantically challenged teenager who dates 24 girls in 7 days. His second novel was "Hot Lunch" (2007), about two high school girls who have to take over their school's hot lunch program as punishment for a food fight. Many young adults, as they are so put, have enjoyed these novels.
[http://www.whoisjeremyjackson.com Jackson's website]
[http://www.cornbreadbook.com Jackson's cookbook publisher's website about him]
[http://www.iamalexbradley.com Jackson's website for his alias, Alex Bradley]
[http://pdfs.voya.com/VO/YA2/VOYA200606Writing.pdf A long interview with Jackson, mostly on the topic of his novels.]
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