Naomi Jackson

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Naomi Jackson is author of The Star Side of Bird Hill, published by Penguin Press in June 2015, nominated for an NAACP Image Award and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Prize, the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize, and the International Dublin Literary Award. It was named an Honor Book for Fiction by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association and the winner of Late Night Library's 2016 Debut-litzer Prize. First Lady of New York City Chirlane McCray selected the novel for the City's 2016 Gracie Book Club.