ĭespite publishing 11 books in the first ten years of her writing career, as of 2005, Jackson considers writing to be her hobby, and she continues to work full-time as a manager at State Farm Insurance.

As with her previous romance novels, this book contains a 'sexy spark,' as well as Jackson's familiar 'polished and confident' writing style, which allows her 'characters burst with color right off the page.' The following year, in 2002, she became the first African-American author to have a novel published as part of the Silhouette Desire line. In 2001, Jackson released her first mainstream women's fiction novel, A Family Reunion. This and the next few books followed the fictional Madaris brothers, giving Jackson an opportunity to portray professional African-American men who were both 'appreciative and respectful of women.' Her heroes are in many ways inspired by her husband, whom she considers to be 'a very strong African-American male is supportive and centers his life around his family.' Jackson was determined to write novels that are multicultural romances, featuring African-American characters, that 'convey the belief that love is every.' Her first novel, Tonight and Forever was published in 1995. At the conference, Jackson met then-unpublished authors Francis Ray and Rochelle Alers and became inspired to write. After complaining to her husband that she could do better, he registered her for a romance writers conference and encouraged her to try her hand at writing.

Although she enjoyed the novels, she was dissatisfied with the lack of cultural and ethnic diversity in the characters. To relieve job-related stress in the early 1990s, Jackson began reading romance novels. She went on to earn a degree in business administration from Jacksonville University, and to expand their family by having two sons, Gerald Jr., a Jacksonville-based filmmaker, and Brandon, who is a Political Officer in the US Foreign Service. She married Gerald, her high school sweetheart, in 1972 after graduating from high school.

Jackson reached a milestone in her career in October 2013 when she published her 100th novel, becoming the first African American to achieve this milestone.īrenda Jackson was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. She was the first African-American author to have a novel published as part of the Silhouette Desire line, and has seen many of her novels reach The New York Times and USAToday bestsellers lists. Brenda Jackson (February 2, 1953) is an American novelist who writes contemporary multicultural romance novels.

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