Jeremy Jackson is the author of the memoir I Will Not Leave You Comfortless. The author of the novels In Summer and Life at These Speeds, which was selected for Barnes & Nobles Discover Great New Writers, he has published additional books for young readers under the name Alex Bradley. Jackson has also authored several cookbooks, including James Beard Award nominee The Cornbread Book. His writing has appeared in the Chicago Tribune and The Washington Post, and he has been featured in Food and Wine and on NBC's Today Show, NPR's All Things Considered, and American Public Media's The Splended Table. He lives in Iowa.
Awards
Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection
James Beard Award Nominee
Henfield Prize
James Michener-Copernicus Society of America Fellowship
In 1984, the eleventh year of his life, the author experienced his first love, the loss of his grandmother, and his sister’s departure for college—seemingly ordinary events that eroded his innocence in a way that was never to be fully repaired. At once elegiac and startlingly direct, this memoir evokes the pain and beauty that mingle within even a happy childhood.
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