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Sandra J. Jackson

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Fiction, Thriller, Suspense

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Diana Gabaldon, Stephanie Meyer

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Sandra J. Jackson was born in Montreal, Quebec but now lives in a rural setting in Eastern Ontario with her husband.

A graduate of a 3-year Graphic Design program, being creative has always been Sandra’s passion. Over the years she has enjoyed creating works of art for her family and friends. Her children, however, brought out the storyteller inside when Sandra told them bedtime stories. Her wild imagination lent itself to new and exciting ideas.

An avid reader of many genres, Sandra’s writing does not fall into any specific category. However, her goal is to create stories that pull readers into the book and make them feel as though they are a part of the story.

Sandra has five published works (four of which are also available as audiobooks) w ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 355 ratings · 124 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Playing in the Rain (Escape, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2017 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Promised Soul 4.55 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2015 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Letting Go of September: A Thriller 4.41 avg rating — 41 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catching Butterflies (Escape, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 38 ratings — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dog Days of Summer: Flash Fiction by Barbara Venkataraman (Goodreads Author), James J. Cudney (Goodreads Author), Carmen Radtke (Goodreads Author) 4.81 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Year of Shorts: Flash Fiction by Barbara Venkataraman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jina S. Bazzar (Goodreads Author), James J. Cudney (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dancing in the Wind (Escape #3) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reading Corner, Book Two by Stacy Carter (Editor), Christopher Heard (Contributor), Pete Klismet (Contributor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forever an Echo it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Escape Series Collection: The Complete Series it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Catching Butterflies

They escaped the experiment, now they must survive what’s left of the world.

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Gaslit Brain: Protect Your Brain from the Lies of Bullying, Gaslighting, and Institutional Complicity

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On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down

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“I can't do anything else until the words in my head are set free.”
― Sandra J. Jackson

tags: writing-life, writing-philosophy

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“Only my characters truly know what's happening - I just hold the pen”
― Sandra J. Jackson

tags: writing-life, writing-philosophy, writing-process

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“Sometimes I write a line and it fills me with self doubt. Sometimes I write a line and its poetry reduces me to tears.”
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tags: inspirational-success-failure

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Sandra’s Quotes

“I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity. I want this adventure that is the context of my life to go on without end.”
― Simone de Beauvoir , La vieillesse

tags: ageing, inifinity, life, old-age

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“When it comes to life, we spin our own yarn, and where we end up is really, in fact, where we always intended to be.”
― Julia Glass, Three Junes

tags: fate

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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“When the enemy has no face, society will invent one.”
― Susan Faludi

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