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Penny Jackson

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Born

New York, NY, The United States

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http://pennybrandtjackson.com

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Fiction, Young Adult

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Graham Greene, Kate Atkinson, William Trevor, Megan Abbott

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Penny Jackson is the award winning author of Becoming The Butlers, a novel, and L.A. Child, a collection of short stories. Becoming The Butlers was chosen as one of the best books of the year for young adults by The New York Public Library and optioned for film by Warner Brothers Studio. L.A. Child won a Pushcart Prize for one of the best stories published in a literary magazine. Penny's stories have appeared in The Edinburgh Review, The Ontario Review, StoryQuarterly, Real Fiction, and magazines in Ireland and England. Currently she is writing her novel, All Alices, based on a short story.
Penny is also a playwright. Her play, Safe, was recently produced in New York City and at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Her other awards include a MacDow ...more

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4 Stars for L.A. Child

Please to announce that L.A. Child received four stars. Here is the review: http://openbooksociety.com/article/l-...

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Average rating: 3.9 · 86 ratings · 26 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

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	My Daughter's Boyfriends: A Short Story Collection 4.76 avg rating — 17 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
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	Becoming the Butlers 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1990 — 7 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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Untreed Reads: Now In Ebook! Penny Jackson’s YA Novel BECOMING THE BUTLERS	1	1	Aug 21, 2012 10:37AM
Untreed Reads: Nice Flow Runs Through BECOMING THE BUTLERS	1	4	Oct 15, 2012 02:01PM
Untreed Reads: Read An Ebook Week: Penny Jackson Author of BECOMING THE BUTLERS	1	2	Mar 05, 2013 02:44PM
Untreed Reads: L.A. CHILD AND OTHER STORIES: Award-Winning Work from Penny Jackson	1	2	Dec 20, 2013 05:07PM
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Untreed Reads: Penny Jackson Writes Vividly, To-the-Point, in L.A. CHILD AND OTHER STORIES	1	1	Feb 05, 2014 02:21PM
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