Holly Jackson

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Holly Jackson
Born (1992-12-06) 6 December 1992 (age 32)
Buckingham, England
OccupationNovelist
Alma mater University of Nottingham
Genre
Notable works A 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.

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Personal life

Holly Jackson grew up in Buckinghamshire, near Oxford in England and wrote her first published novel when she was 30 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

Jackson's debut novel AGood 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

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy

  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

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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Holly Jackson". Book Series in Order. 21 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "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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