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J. Cabral-Jackson is a family doctor and a writer. A St. Andrews Graduate with a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Manchester, she studyied under Professor Jeanette Winterson, Geoff Ryman and Ian McGuire. Her novel Louis & Marguerite was a finalist in the Pulp Idol Novel Competition and she is an NYC Midnight Screenwriting Competition finalist.

Her writing publications include The Morality Test, The Boy With The Lungs Of A Lion, and My Name is Vincent amongst others published by Sci-Fi Shorts.

She is a Gen X writer who loves reading, swimming in wild seas, and travelling. She lives in Canterbury with her wife Lou and her pet family (Snow, The Whippet and three rescue cats, Lady, Leo and Aggie).

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