Tiffany D. Jackson is the author of the critically acclaimed, NAACP Image Award-nominated Allegedly and Monday's Not Coming. A TV professional by day, novelist by night, she received her bachelor of arts in film from Howard University and her master of arts in media studies from the New School. A Brooklyn native, she is a lover of naps, cookie dough, and beaches, currently residing in the borough she loves, most likely multitasking. You can visit her online at www.writeinbk.com.
“A mesmerizing, punch-in-the-gut story about the power of
friendship and the horrors hiding right in front of us.” — Laurie
Halse Anderson, author of Speak and Chains
“This thought-provoking thriller examines issues such as abuse,
gentrification, and the marginalization of people of color with
nuance and sensitivity. The narrative deftly moves back and forth
between past and present, building to a devastating conclusion. A
spellbinding, profoundly moving choice for YA collections.” —
School Library Journal (starred review)
“Jackson effortlessly weaves elements of suspense with issues of
race, class, and gender, casting a harsh light on a world that
often refuses to notice the disappearances of black and brown
girls. The twist at the end is both gaspworthy and heartbreaking.”
— Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
“Jackson doesn’t hold anything back when it comes to the pain of
abuse and the ramifications of turning a blind eye. It’s a frank,
devastating read filled with real and flawed characters, and it’s a
story that needs to be read.” — Booklist
“In addition to a gripping plot line, underlying social issues
bubble beneath the surface, such as neighborhood gentrification,
race, poverty, community, the healing of connection, and the
destruction in disconnection.” — The Horn Book
“The gravest, most fundamental challenge in Tiffany D. Jackson’s
devastating novel is leveled at a society that purports to value
children while allowing untold numbers of them, particularly poor
children and children of color, to fall through the cracks.” —
Chicago Tribune
PRAISE FOR ALLEGEDLY: ★ “With remarkable skill, Jackson offers an
unflinching portrayal of the raw social outcomes when youth are
entrapped in a vicious cycle of nonparenting and are sent spiraling
down the prison-for-profit pipeline. Dark, suspenseful.” — School
Library Journal (starred review)
★ “Her novel effectively joins Ava DuVernay’s documentary 13th and
Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow (2010) to become another
indictment of the penal system’s decimating power beyond its bars
and, more subtly and refreshingly, a pro-reproductive-justice
novel. Searing and true.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred
review)
★ “The characters are complex, the situation unsettling, and the
line between right and wrong hopelessly blurred. It’s also
intensely relevant, addressing race, age, and mental illness within
the criminal justice system. Well conceived and executed, this is
an absorbing and exceptional first novel.” — Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
★ “Suspenseful without being emotionally manipulative, compelling
without resorting to shock value, this is a tightly spun debut that
wrestles with many intense ideas and ends with a knife twist that
will send readers racing back to the beginning again.” — Booklist
(starred review)
“Seen through Jackson’s dark portrait of the legal system and the
failures of parents and social workers, Mary’s environments are as
grim as the stories that play out in them; readers fascinated by
procedural dramas will be thoroughly hooked.” — Bulletin of the
Center for Children’s Books
“A well-executed, powerful journey into the claustrophobic life of
a young girl trying to navigate what little is left after the world
has judged her, and what she will do to escape it.” — Mindy
McGinnis, Edgar Award-winning author of A Madness So Discreet
“A riveting, gut-wrenching thriller and a stunning debut.” — Daniel
José Older, New York Times bestselling author of
Shadowshaper
“Tiffany Jackson’s timely and chilling debut will haunt you for a
long time. An extraordinary new voice.” — Justine Larbalestier,
author of Liar and My Sister Rosa
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