Joshilyn Jackson





Joshilyn Jackson

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New York Times Bestselling novelist Joshilyn Jackson lives in Georgia with her husband, their two children, and way too many feckless animals. She is the author of five novels: gods in Alabama, Between, Georgia, The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, Backseat Saints, and A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty. Her books have been translated into a dozen languages, won SIBA’s novel of the year, twice been a #1 Book Sense Pick, and been shortlisted for the Townsend prize. A former actor, Jackson reads the audio versions of her novels; her work in this field has been nominated for the Audie Award, was selected by AudioFile Magazine for their best of the year list, and garnered a Listen Up Award from Publisher’s Weekly.

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Maisy on the Stairs, photographed by Erin Virginia Jackson



The Cast: The neighbors across the street have a teenager boy named Trey, and then a couple-three younger kids who are in the HERD of neighborhood children that Maisy plays with. One night, the neighbors had friends over, and the friends had two kids: Teenager Jacob, who hung out with Trey, and a younger boy, Josiah, who joined the pac... read more »
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Average rating: 3.70 · 19,327 ratings · 3,462 reviews · 6 distinct works
Gods in Alabama
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 6,317 ratings — published 2005 — 26 editions
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Between, Georgia
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 4,046 ratings — published 2006 — 21 editions
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The Girl Who Stopped Swimming
3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 4,087 ratings — published 2008 — 17 editions
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Backseat Saints
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 2,719 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions
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3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 2,153 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions
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“There are gods in Alabama: Jack Daniel's, high school quarterbacks, trucks, big tits, and also Jesus.”
Joshilyn Jackson, Gods in Alabama

“God gave us crying so other folks could see when we needed help, and help us.”
Joshilyn Jackson, Gods in Alabama

“I had been born and mostly raised in the South, so I ought to have been able to find a way to reach him. Southern girls are trained from birth up that the way to a man's heart is never through the front door. They may leave a basket of cookies there, and while he's busy picking them up, they're squirming in through a back window.”
Joshilyn Jackson, Gods in Alabama

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