About Regine

Book Lover. Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Writer. Poet. Cat Person.

Regine's Story

Regine Jackson is a black writer who was born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts. Born on February 23rd, 1997, Jackson is the youngest child of the deceased Reginald Jackson and the second oldest child of Hope Gamble, of Springfield. Being an avid reader since she was a child, Jackson always wished to write, specifically stories where the main characters looked like her and the people she interacted with on a daily basis. Jackson’s mother worked as a clerk and a page across different libraries in the Springfield area and would bring her back a multitude of books to read. Her favorite genres to have brought home to her included science-fiction, fantasy, and horror . She also enjoyed reading graphic novels and comics, including manga.

While Jackson mainly writes short stories within the science-fiction, horror, and fantasy genres, she also writes prose and poetry revolving around her life living in the inner city. Jackson is currently working on the manuscript for her first full-length YA urban horror novel, as well as planning a YA dark fantasy/horror trilogy series. Jackson is currently working on the manuscript for her first full-length YA urban horror novel, as well as planning a YA dark fantasy/horror trilogy series. Having first-hand experience with dealing with trauma, poverty, and inner city violence, and witnessing how drug addiction can ravage a community, she hopes to not only hone her own craft but to bring more creative work to her city and encourage more BIPOC women to write their truths.

Jackson currently resides with her two cats, Poe and Junji, in the downtown area of Springfield—only a five-minute walk from her city’s largest public library.

Journey to Writing

Throughout her elementary school years, Jackson read the most books in the entire school for four consecutive years, from third to fifth grade, at Thomas M. Balliet School, and then proceeded to read the most books in the school during sixth grade after transferring to Van Sickle Middle School. This not only introduced her to different subgenres of fiction, but she found various authors and titles she still reads to this day. Some of her favorite childhood authors included Stephen King, Christopher Pike, Neil Gaiman, R.L. Stine, Garth Nix, and Lemony Snicket, among many others. This voracious appetite for escape from her reality would be the eventual start of an interest in putting her own words on paper.

As a teen, Jackson turned more to writing to deal with childhood trauma and abuse, bullying, and varying mental health problems that began to present themselves in adolescence. Her English teachers always encouraged her to continue writing and working on her craft even after leaving their classrooms.

Awards

Regine Jackson was awarded the Straw Dog Writers Guild Emerging Writer Fellowship for Fiction in 2022.

100 Word Bio

Regine Jackson is a writer, born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts. Being an avid reader since she was a child, Jackson always wished to bring all the elements of her imagination to life, specifically stories where the main characters looked like her and the majority of the people around her. While not having any of her works professionally published (so far), Jackson is currently working on two YA horror novels, as well as taking the tentative steps to create a dark fantasy/horror trilogy series.

Book loving, film watching, fashion savvy, writer, cat lady. Oh, how original. Lover of anything horror, science-fiction, and fantasy related.

Regine Jackson

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