Jackson Pearce

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Jackson Pearce
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Born1984 (age 3839) [1]
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Pen nameJ. Nelle Patrick [1]
Occupation Author
Genre Young-adult fantasy
Notable worksEllie, Engineer series, Pip Bartlett series, Sisters Red series
Website
jackson-pearce.com

Jackson Pearce (born 1984) [2] is an American author. She writes young adult fiction and also publishes as J. Nelle Patrick.

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Personal life and education

Pearce was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and, as of 2018, lives in Decatur, Georgia. [3] [4] She started writing at the age of twelve. [3] She attended Brookwood High School and went on to Georgia College & State University [ citation needed ] before transferring to and graduating from the University of Georgia where she received her degree in English, minoring in philosophy. [3]

Bibliography

Fairy Tale series

  1. Sisters Red (June 7, 2010, ISBN   978-0-316-06868-0) [9]
  2. Sweetly (August 23, 2011, ISBN   978-0-316-06865-9) [10]
  3. Fathomless (September 4, 2012, ISBN   978-0-316-20778-2) [11]
  4. Cold Spell (November 2013, ISBN   978-0-316-24359-9) [12]

Doublecross series

  1. The Doublecross ISBN   978-1-61963-414-5 [13]
  2. The Inside Job (July 2016, ISBN   9781619634206) [14]

Pip Bartlett series

  1. Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures ISBN   9780545838337 [15]
  2. Pip Bartlett's Guide to Unicorn Training ISBN   9780545709293 [16]
  3. Pip Bartlett's Guide to Sea Monsters

Ellie, Engineer series

  1. Ellie, Engineer [17]
  2. Ellie, Engineer: The Next Level ISBN   97816 81195216 [18]
  3. Ellie, Engineer: In the Spotlight

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  3. 1 2 3 "American Association of School Librarians 14th National Conference and Exhibition". Knowledge Quest; Chicago. Vol. 37, no. 5. May–June 2009. pp. 61, 63–74, 76.
  4. Galluccio, Marena (July 18, 2018). "YA author's Decatur home shows off her literary flair, 'chicken fortress'". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  5. Reviews of As You Wish
  6. Reviews of Purity
  7. Reviews of Tsarina
  8. Reviews for Almost a Love Song
    • "Romance/Erotica Reviews". Publishers Weekly. 269 (23). May 30, 2022.
  9. Reviews for Sisters Red
  10. Reviews for Sweetly
    • Budin, Miriam Lang (June 2011). "Pearce, Jackson. Sweetly". School Library Journal . 57 (6): 129–130 via EBSCOhost.
  11. Reviews for Fathomless
    • Ehlinger, Samantha (2012-12-08). "Teen reads: great finds". The Dispatch. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
    • Quealy-Gainer, Kate (Nov 2012). "Fathomless". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books; Baltimore. 66 (3): 163.
    • Mack, Candice (October 1, 2012). "Fathomless". The Booklist; Chicago. 109 (3): 86.
  12. Reviews for Cold Spell
  13. Reviews for The Doublecross
  14. Reviews for The Inside Job
    • Larsen, Ashley (January 2016). "PEARCE, Jackson. The Inside Job: And Other Skills I Learned as a Superspy". School Library Journal . 62 (1): 92 via EBSCOhost.
  15. Reviews of Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures
    • Gall, Elisa (July–August 2015). "Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures". The Horn Book Magazine . 91 (4): 141.
    • Spisak, April (May 2015). "Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books . 68 (9): 462.
    • Smith, Julia (April 15, 2015). "Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures". The Booklist . 111 (16): 50.
    • Bozievich, Anne (September 2015). "PEARCE, Jackson & Stiefvater, Maggie. Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures". School Library Journal . 61 (9): 59–60 via EBSCOhost.
  16. Reviews of Pip Bartlett's Guide to Unicorn Training
    • Webb, Heather (March 2017). "Pip Bartlett's Guide to Unicorn Training". School Library Journal . 63 (3): 131 via EBSCOhost.
  17. Reviews of Ellie, Engineer
  18. Reviews of Ellie, Engineer:The Next Level
    • Christiansen, V. Lynn (October 2018). "Ellie, Engineer: The Next Level". School Library Journal . 64 (10) via EBSCOhost.