Meet the Storyteller

Jackie’s love for storytelling is at the heart of her gift for teaching it. As MidSouthCon Writers’ Conference Coordinator, she established the writers’ conference, and expanded the three hour education track to a cross-curriculum 10-hour seminar approved for Continuing Education Units by University of Memphis. She has taught workshops and seminars around the country.

Jackie is a science fiction, fantasy, and horror geek through and through, and it reveals itself in her screenplays. Her scripts have produced film products from merchandise and program commercials, fundraising promos, short films, and feature-length movies.

She also steps behind the camera to direct her own scripts, many adapted from her published writing. Her approach to directing reflects her fiction; driving the story to reveal itself through its characters. Her films have showcased in festivals from the Mid-South to Boston and New York. Jackie’s hobbies usually make her messy; in the kitchen baking sweets, in the art studio splashing paint, or using her beloved power tools to make an object into something else. She’s also a gamer girl from the days of Atari. Her favorite sort of Saturday is spent with a stack of books, a cup of tea, and couch time with her boxer, Effie.