Joshilyn Jackson

Nov 3, 2023 | atlantamagazine.com | Joshilyn Jackson

This year, our youngest child settled fully into college life, and I got an eight-week-old puppy. I claim these two facts are wholly unrelated, but Bruegel the Boston terrier will never leave my house for a dorm room, much less start dating a musician.

Aug 9, 2023 | gadsdentimes.com | Joshilyn Jackson

Joshilyn Jackson now has published 11 novels, the last three of which are “domestic” thrillers, that is, "family stories,” not police procedurals or international spy stories. This one, "With My Little Eye," is the scariest of them all. We begin in Los Angeles, where Meribel Mills, a successful actress, aged about 40, has a problem: a stalker. She works at being very attractive, sexy even, for her work, but this goes beyond the behavior of an over-zealous fan.

Jul 11, 2023 | audible.com | Violet Blue |Nick Harkaway |Dennis Lehane |Joshilyn Jackson

Winner: 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Gold "A gripping account of survival and a condemnation of the conditions that marginalize and endanger the unsheltered." (Kirkus) "Superb... Sharp dialogue, incisive observations, and polished prose." (BookLife,editor's pick) Her mother was a hacker-for-hire and drug dealer to Silicon Valley's elite; after everything went wrong she was homeless and alone on San Francisco streets at the age of 13.

Apr 26, 2023 | crimereads.com | Joshilyn Jackson

For my latest thriller, With My Little Eye, I wanted to write a creepy, twisty, funhouse-ride of a story that also let me examine our national unhealthy obsession with celebrity, the insane beauty standards we put on women (especially as we age), and what privacy looks like in the age of social media. The idea of being watched is both enticing and terrifying for everyone with an Instagram.

Apr 25, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Joshilyn Jackson |Max Brooks |Ruth Ware

by Joshilyn Jackson ‧ When a former sitcom star begins to receive explicit and violent letters from a deranged fan, she decides to leave Los Angeles and return to Georgia. Meribel Mills is one of the lucky ones by Hollywood standards: She left her home in Atlanta, hoping to make it big in LA, and was quickly cast as the best friend in a sitcom that made her a household name. Of course, as she enters her 40s, the available roles are fewer and further between.