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.
Personal life
Holly Jackson grew up in Buckinghamshire, near Oxford in England and wrote her first novel when she was 15 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]
