Born and raised in a small town called Rosedale, Linda Williams Jackson is the author of award-winning, Mississippi-based historical novels Midnight Without a Moon, A Sky Full of Stars, and The Lucky Ones. Southern by birth... a Southern writer by the grace of God, Linda is plum-picking proud to still call Mississippi home. While you're here, check out her latest independently published book Saving Jimmy! 

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THE LUCKY ONES

AWARDS, NOMINATIONS, & RECOMMENDED LISTS

2023 Mississippi institute of Arts and Letters Youth Award Winner

2022 New-York Historical Society Children's History Book Prize Finalist

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2022 Foreword Reviews Indies Book of the Year Award Winner

One of Kate DiCamillo’s Top Five Recommended Books for Children

Common Sense Media Best Six Kids’ Books 2022

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The Week Junior Magazine Top Seven Kids’ Books of 2022

Cooperative Children’s Book Center Best Books of 2022 (University of Wisconsin)

Bank Street College of Education Best Books of 2022

Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Best Books of 2022

Magnolia Book Award Nominee 2024 (Mississippi)

Beehive Book Award Nominee 2024 (Utah)

Great Stone Face Book Award Nominee 2023/24 (New Hampshire)

Quahog Reading Awards Nominee 2023 (Mattapoisett Public Library, Massachusetts)

Beacon Heights Elementary School Battle of the Books 2023/2024 (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Beacon Heights Elementary School Battle of the Books 2023/2024 (Salt Lake City, Utah)