Jackson Leigh grew up barefoot and happy, swimming in farm ponds and riding rude ponies in rural south Georgia. Her love of reading was nurtured early on by her grandmother, who patiently taught her to work New York Times crossword puzzles in the daily paper, and by her mother, who stretched the thin family budget to bring home grocery store copies of Trixie Belden mysteries and Bobbsey Twins adventures that Jackson would sit up all night reading. Her passion for writing led her quite accidentally to a career in journalism and North Carolina where she now feeds nightly off the adrenaline rush of breaking news and close deadlines. Friend her at facebook.com/d.jackson.leigh, follow her on twitter @djacksonleigh or visit her website at www.djacksonleigh.com.