Brenda Jackson

Brenda Jackson, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of over 150 novels and novellas, was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Jacksonville University. She married her high school sweetheart, Gerald, and they have two sons, Gerald Jr. and Brandon. She is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Her professional writing career began in 1995 with the release of her first book, Tonight and Forever. Since then, she has written over 150 titles, which include a made-for-television movie by BET, One Special Moment, as well as the movie, Truly Everlasting, by her own film company, and A Brother's Honor, A Man's Promise, and A Lover's Vow by Passionflix. She was a 2012 NAACP Image Award Nominee for Outstanding Literary Fiction for her book, A Silken Thread, and was named the Romance Writers of America’s Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award recipient for 2012.