Tracey Jackson

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Tracey Jackson
Born (1958-05-12) May 12, 1958 (age 65)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Author, film director, blogger, screenwriter, producer
Website traceyjacksononline.com

Tracey Jackson (born May 12, 1958, in Los Angeles California) is an American author, blogger, screenwriter, film director and producer.

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Career and personal life

She has published two books and has written several feature-length screenplays, including the romantic comedy films The Other End of the Line (2008) and Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009). [1] Jackson also created the 1990 Fox TV series Babes . [2]

She blogs on her personal website and for websites including The Huffington Post and wowOwow, and is married to Glenn Horowitz, a bookseller in New York. [3]

Bibliography

Filmography

As actor

Screenplays

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