Naomi Jackson is the author of a novel, The Star Side of Bird Hill, which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize, the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, and the International Dublin Literary Award. The Black Caucus of the American Library Association named Jackson’s novel an Honor Book for Fiction. Jackson studied fiction at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She traveled to South Africa on a Fulbright scholarship, where she received an M.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Cape Town. A graduate of Williams College, Jackson’s writings have appeared in Harper’s, The Washington Post, Virginia Quarterly Review, Poets & Writers, and The Caribbean Writer. She is the recipient of residencies and fellowships from Bread Loaf, MacDowell Colony, Hedgebrook, the University of Pennsylvania’s Kelly Writers House, Camargo Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, and Bronx Council on the Arts. Jackson is Assistant Professor of English at Rutgers University-Newark.

Naomi Jackson est l'autrice d'un roman, The Star Side of Bird Hill, qui a été nominé pour un NAACP Image Award et le Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, et sélectionné pour le National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize, le Center for Fiction's First Novel prix et le prix littéraire international de Dublin. Le Black Caucus de l'American Library Association a désigné le roman de Jackson comme un livre d'honneur pour la fiction. Jackson a étudié la fiction à l'Iowa Writers' Workshop. Elle s'est rendue en Afrique du Sud grâce à une bourse Fulbright, où elle a obtenu un M.A. en création littéraire de l'Université du Cap. Diplômé du Williams College, les écrits de Jackson ont été publiés dans Harper's, The Washington Post, Virginia Quarterly Review, Poets & Writers et The Caribbean Writer. Elle est récipiendaire de résidences et de bourses de Bread Loaf, MacDowell Colony, Hedgebrook, de la Kelly Writers House de l'Université de Pennsylvanie, de la Camargo Foundation, de la New York Foundation for the Arts et du Bronx Council on the Arts. Jackson est professeur adjoint d'anglais à l'Université Rutgers de Newark.