ANGELICA R. JACKSON

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Byline:

Angelica R. Jackson is a writer, photographer, and avid naturalist living in the Sierra foothills of California. She is the author of the award-winning Faerie Crossed young adult urban fantasy series, and her photos are collected in Capturing The Castle: Images of Preston Castle (2006-2016). Her latest book is Stay, Girl, a literary coming-of-age novel about an abused girl and a dog finding healing in each other.

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Short Bio:

Angelica R. Jackson is a writer, artist, and avid naturalist living in the Sierra foothills of California. She is currently owned by a Miniature Pinscher/Nibblonian mix named Finn.

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She is the author of the award-winning Faerie Crossed young adult urban fantasy series, and her photos are collected in Capturing The Castle: Images of Preston Castle (2006-2016). Her latest book is Stay, Girl, a literary coming-of-age novel about an abused girl and a dog finding healing in each other.

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Long Bio:

Angelica R. Jackson, in keeping with her scattered Gemini nature, has published articles on gardening, natural history, web design, travel, hiking, and local history. Other interests include pets, reading, green living, and cooking for food allergies (the latter not necessarily by choice, but she’s come to terms with it). Ongoing projects include short fiction, poetry, novels, art photography, and children’s picture books.

She’s also been involved with capturing the restoration efforts for Preston Castle (formerly the Preston School of Industry) in photographs and can sometimes be found haunting its hallways. 

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She shares a home in California's Gold Country with a husband, a Miniature Pinscher/Nibblonian mix, and far too many books (if that's even possible). She is the author of the award-winning Faerie Crossed young adult urban fantasy series, and her photos are collected in Capturing The Castle: Images of Preston Castle (2006-2016). Her latest book is Stay, Girl, a literary coming-of-age novel about an abused girl and a dog finding healing in each other.

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Stay, Girl:

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Who rescued who? In California’s Central Valley in 1953, the love of a neglected dog helps an abused girl find healing, and the caring family she never had.

Bet Carter’s stepfather is a conman with a history of violence, and he’s trying to force thirteen-year-old Bet into that life, too. His controlling ways make Bet’s world smaller every day, until the death of her ailing mother gives the girl an opportunity to flee to her Uncle Earl’s.

Bet only planned a quick stopover in Amberfields, but after her uncle welcomes her into his home, she keeps finding excuses to stay. Bet wants to help Uncle Earl’s foster dog, Penny, learn to trust again—but how can the girl mend Penny’s spirit when her own is so broken?

 
Joining a hilarious prank war with her new friend Georgie goes a long way to making Bet feel at home in Amberfields. As Bet’s emotional armor softens, along with her reasons to leave, she finally allows herself to dream bigger.

This heartfelt coming-of-age story will have you cheering for a girl whose determination and optimism help her rediscover the healing power of love.

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Faerie Crossed Series:

​Can you get to the land of Faerie from California’s Gold Country? You can if you live in Crow’s Rest, a fictional foothill town that shares a weakening border with Faerie, allowing Fae forces to make a move into our world. Sixteen-year-old Avery Flynn must reclaim her almost-boyfriend from the Fae, with the help of the creature who stole his body in the first place. 

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One-line synopsis for Crow's Rest:

Sixteen-year-old Avery Flynn is determined to reclaim her almost-boyfriend from the Fae, with the help of the creature who stole his body in the first place.

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One-line synopsis for Merlin's Stronghold:

When Avery is blamed for the destruction of the Border between Faerie and her own world, clearing her name will depend on convincing Merlin, the original embodiment of wild magic, to help before the devastation becomes permanent.

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One-line synopsis for Spellmeet:

After the worlds survive near-annihilation, Avery and Lonan wind up in Spellmeet, a new border town plagued with unstable magic and technology, searching for the Sovereign of Faerie before the Court collapses into a bloody free-for-all.

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One-line synopsis for Capturing The Castle:

On a hilltop in Ione, California, stands an unlikely castle with fanciful turrets and soaring clock tower. This is Preston Castle, formerly known as the Preston School of Industry, which operated as a youth correctional facility from 1894 to 1960. These portraits of the Castle and its arrested decay were taken over a ten-year period by A.R.Jackson.

 

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