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Jessica Barksdale Inclan Some say heartfelt and honest, some say Harry Potter for adults with sex.

Jessica Barksdale Inclan

Biography Jessica Barksdale Inclán's debut novel Her Daughter's Eyes, published in 2001, was the premier novel published under New American Library's new imprint Accent. Her Daughter's Eyes was a final nominee for the YALSA Award for the best books of 2001 and best paperbacks for 2001 and has been published in Dutch and Spanish. Her next novel The Matter of Grace was published in May 2002 and was re-released in a mass market version in May 2004. Her third, When You Go Away, came out April 1, 2003. Her fourth, One Small Thing, was published April 2004, and was translated into in Dutch and Spanish. Walking With Her Daughter, was published in April 2005, and her sixth, The Instant When Everything is Perfect in February 2006. Starting in June 2006, she published the first in a trilogy from Kensington Books, When You Believe. Reason to Believe was published October 2006 and Believe in Me in March 2007. Her next trilogy begins with Being With Him in February 2008 and Intimate Beings in October 2008. She is a 2002 recipient of the CAC Artist’s Fellowship in Literature. Inclán teaches composition, creative writing, mythology, and women’s literature at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California, and on-line and on-land creative writing courses for UCLA extension. She has studied with Sharon Olds, Anne Lamott, Kate Braverman, Grace Paley, Marjorie Sandor, and Cristina Garcia. Her short stories and poems have appeared in Rockhurst Review, Hotwired, The Salt Hill Journal, Free Lunch, The West Wind Review, The Prairie Star, Gargoyle and many other journals and newspapers. Her short story Open Eyes was given first prize by Sandra Cisneros for El Andar magazine's 2000 writing contest. She co-edited a women’s literature/studies textbook Diverse Voices of Women (Mayfield Publishing, 1995). Ms. Inclán has degrees in sociology and English literature from CSU Stanislaus and a Master’s degree in English literature from SFSU. Ms. Inclán lives in Oakland, California, has completed the final novel in her second romance trilogy, and is currently working on a new novel, some of which is available in podcast on this site.

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Nickname

  • Jaybird

Relationship

  • Divorced, learning fast, great boyfriend!

Family

  • Two boys, now men. Michael, live-in love

Causes I Support

  • Women for Women International
    Goodwill Industries
    Lindsey Wildlife Museum
    Freecycle.org

University Affiliation

  • UCLA Extension, Instructor
    Diablo Valley College, Professor of English

Agents

  • Mel Berger

Contact Agents

  • Senior Vice President, William Morris Agency, Inc.
    1325 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019
    212.903.1147, FAX 212.303.1418
    MMB@WMA.COM

Publishers

  • Penguin Putnam
    Kensington

Contact Publishers

  • Kensington Publishing Corp.
    Editor Kate Duffy
    850 Third Avenue
    New York, New York 10022
    1-800-221-2647

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