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}}'''Holly Jackson''' (born 1992)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web| date=2020-04-21|title=Holly Jackson|url=https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/holly-jackson/|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Book Series in Order}}</ref> is a British author of young adult novels. She is best known for her ''A Good Girl's Guide to Murder'' series.
}}'''Holly Jackson''' (born 1992)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web| date=2020-04-21|title=Holly Jackson|url=https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/holly-jackson/|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Book Series in Order}}</ref> is a British author of mystery novels. She is best known for her ''A Good Girl's Guide to Murder'' series.


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
Jackson grew up in [[Buckinghamshire]], England and wrote her first novel when she was 15 years old.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
Holly Jackson grew up in [[Buckinghamshire]], near Oxford in England and wrote her first novel when she was 15 years old.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />


Later, she attended the [[University of Nottingham]], where she first studied literary linguistics and creative writing,<ref name=":0" /> graduating with a first class degree,<ref name=":1" /> then graduating with a master's degree in English.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Holly Jackson|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2159079/holly-jackson|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Penguin Random House|language=en-US}}</ref>
Later, she attended the [[University of Nottingham]], where she first studied literary linguistics and creative writing,<ref name=":0" /> graduating with a first class degree,<ref name=":1" /> then graduating with a master's degree in English.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Holly Jackson|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2159079/holly-jackson|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Penguin Random House|language=en-US}}</ref>


== Literary career ==
== Literary career ==
Jackson's debut novel ''A'' ''Good Girl's Guide to Murder'' was published in 2019, where it received the following accolades:
Jackson's debut novel ''A'' ''Good Girl's Guide to Murder'' was published in 2019, and it received the following accolades:


* [[American Library Association]]'s [[Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults]] (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-01-04|title=2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults|url=https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2021-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|language=en}}</ref>
* [[American Library Association]]'s [[Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults]] (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|last=|date=2021-01-04|title=2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults|url=https://www.ala.org/yalsa/2021-amazing-audiobooks-young-adults|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Goodreads Choice Awards|Goodreads Choice Award]] Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/63791847-a-good-girl-s-guide-to-murder|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Goodreads}}</ref>
*[[Goodreads Choice Awards|Goodreads Choice Award]] Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/63791847-a-good-girl-s-guide-to-murder|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Goodreads}}</ref>
* Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize (2020)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=A Good Girl's Guide to Murder - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Book 1 (Paperback)|url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-good-girls-guide-to-murder/holly-jackson/9781405293181|access-date=September 14, 2021|website=Waterstone's}}</ref>
* Shortlisted for the [[YA Book Prize]] (2020)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=A Good Girl's Guide to Murder - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Book 1 (Paperback)|url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-good-girls-guide-to-murder/holly-jackson/9781405293181|access-date=September 14, 2021|website=Waterstone's}}</ref>
* British Book Awards Children's Fiction Book Winner of the Year (2020)<ref name=":2" />
* British Book Awards Children's Fiction Book Winner of the Year (2020)<ref name=":2" />
*Barnes and Noble Best Books of the Year (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=The Best Books of 2020|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/books/best-books-of-the-year-2020/barnes-nobles-best-books-of-2020/_/N-29Z8q8Z2v0a|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Barnes & Noble|language=en}}</ref>
*Barnes and Noble Best Books of the Year (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=The Best Books of 2020|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/books/best-books-of-the-year-2020/barnes-nobles-best-books-of-2020/_/N-29Z8q8Z2v0a|access-date=2021-09-15|website=Barnes & Noble|language=en}}</ref>


Jackson followed this up with 2 sequel novels and one prequel novella: ''Good Girl, Bad Blood'' (2020)''; As Good As Dead'' (2021)'';'' and ''Kill Joy'' (2021) respectively''.'' Apart for ''Good Girl, Bad Blood'', all books were published by [[Electric Monkey]]. ''Good Girl, Bad Blood'' was published by [[Delacorte Press]], and was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Good Girl, Bad Blood - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Book 2 (Paperback)|url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/good-girl-bad-blood/holly-jackson/9781405297752|access-date=September 14, 2021|website=Waterstone's}}</ref>
Jackson followed this up with two sequel novels and one prequel novella: ''Good Girl, Bad Blood'' (2020)''; As Good As Dead'' (2021)'';'' and ''Kill Joy'' (2021) respectively''.'' Apart from ''Good Girl, Bad Blood'', all books were published by [[Electric Monkey]]. ''Good Girl, Bad Blood'' was published by [[Delacorte Press]], and was shortlisted for the 2021 [[YA Book Prize]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Good Girl, Bad Blood - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Book 2 (Paperback)|url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/good-girl-bad-blood/holly-jackson/9781405297752|access-date=September 14, 2021|website=Waterstone's}}</ref>


In 2022, Jackson released her first standalone novel called ''Five Survive'', published in the UK by Electric Monkey and in the US by Delacorte Press.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones {{!}} |first=Iyana |title=Just Announced: 'Five Survive' by Holly Jackson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/90021-just-announced-five-survive-by-holly-jackson.html |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}</ref>
In 2022, Jackson released her first standalone novel titled ''Five Survive'', published in the UK by Electric Monkey and in the US by Delacorte Press.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones {{!}} |first=Iyana |title=Just Announced: 'Five Survive' by Holly Jackson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/90021-just-announced-five-survive-by-holly-jackson.html |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 2024, she released her second, and as of 2024, last standalone novel, ''The Reappearance of Rachel Price'', published in the UK by Electric Monkey and in the US by Delacorte Press.

In October 2024, it was announced that Jackson's debut adult suspense novel, ''Not Quite Dead Yet'', will be published in July 2025 in the US by [[Ballantine Books]], in the UK by [[Penguin Michael Joseph]], and in Canada by [[Doubleday Canada|Doubleday]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Albanese {{!}} |first=Andrew |title=Book Deals: Week of October 14, 2024 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/96202-book-deals-week-of-october-14-2024.html |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}</ref>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
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# ''[[A Good Girl's Guide to Murder|A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder]]'' (2019)
# ''[[A Good Girl's Guide to Murder|A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder]]'' (2019)
# ''Good Girl, Bad Blood'' (2020)
# ''Good Girl, Bad Blood'' (2020)
#''As Good As Dead'' (2021)
# ''As Good As Dead'' (2021)
# ''Kill Joy'' (2021, novella, prequel to the series)


====Novella====

''Kill Joy'' (2021)


===Standalone novels===
===Standalone novels===
''Five Survive'' (2022)
# ''[[Five Survive]]'' (2022)
# ''The Reappearance of Rachel Price'' (2024)

''The Reappearance of Rachel Price'' (2024)
# ''Not Quite Dead Yet'' (2025)


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:1992 births]]
[[Category:1992 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:British writers]]
[[Category:English writers]]
[[Category:British writers of young adult literature]]
[[Category:British writers of young adult literature]]
[[Category:21st-century British women writers]]
[[Category:English mystery writers]]
[[Category:English crime fiction writers]]
[[Category:21st-century English women writers]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Nottingham]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Nottingham]]
[[Category:Writers from Buckinghamshire]]



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Latest revision as of 00:38, 4 December 2024

Holly Jackson
Born (1992-12-06) 6 December 1992 (age 32)
Buckingham, England
OccupationNovelist
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
Genre
Notable worksA Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Holly Jackson (born 1992)[1] is a British author of mystery novels. She is best known for her A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series.

Personal life

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Holly Jackson grew up in Buckinghamshire, near Oxford in England and wrote her first novel when she was 15 years old.[1][2]

Later, she attended the University of Nottingham, where she first studied literary linguistics and creative writing,[2] graduating with a first class degree,[1] then graduating with a master's degree in English.[2]

Literary career

[edit]

Jackson's debut novel A Good Girl's Guide to Murder was published in 2019, and it received the following accolades:

Jackson followed this up with two sequel novels and one prequel novella: Good Girl, Bad Blood (2020); As Good As Dead (2021); and Kill Joy (2021) respectively. Apart from Good Girl, Bad Blood, all books were published by Electric Monkey. Good Girl, Bad Blood was published by Delacorte Press, and was shortlisted for the 2021 YA Book Prize.[7]

In 2022, Jackson released her first standalone novel titled Five Survive, published in the UK by Electric Monkey and in the US by Delacorte Press.[8]

In 2024, she released her second, and as of 2024, last standalone novel, The Reappearance of Rachel Price, published in the UK by Electric Monkey and in the US by Delacorte Press.

In October 2024, it was announced that Jackson's debut adult suspense novel, Not Quite Dead Yet, will be published in July 2025 in the US by Ballantine Books, in the UK by Penguin Michael Joseph, and in Canada by Doubleday.[9]

Bibliography

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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy

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  1. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (2019)
  2. Good Girl, Bad Blood (2020)
  3. As Good As Dead (2021)
  4. Kill Joy (2021, novella, prequel to the series)

Standalone novels

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  1. Five Survive (2022)
  2. The Reappearance of Rachel Price (2024)
  3. Not Quite Dead Yet (2025)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Holly Jackson". Book Series in Order. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Holly Jackson". Penguin Random House. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  3. ^ "2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 4 January 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  4. ^ "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)". Goodreads. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Book 1 (Paperback)". Waterstone's. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  6. ^ "The Best Books of 2020". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Good Girl, Bad Blood - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Book 2 (Paperback)". Waterstone's. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  8. ^ Jones |, Iyana. "Just Announced: 'Five Survive' by Holly Jackson". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  9. ^ Albanese |, Andrew. "Book Deals: Week of October 14, 2024". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 4 December 2024.

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