/ WRITING
What's my process?
/ Theory behind my stories
The muse leads me to my story idea and my character. After that, the project manager in me takes over. I spend a LOT of time working on the outline. Nothing crazy, just a 2-page outline and a pretty basic character sketch and arc, but I take my time and really make sure those foundations are strong before I try to do any writing.
Summing up my work

20+

/ YEARS WRITING

I write for my job and for fun.

2+

/ FULL NOVELS

The + is because my very first novel was bad. Really bad. It doesn't count.

3+

/ SHORT STORIES

The + is for all the stories that aren’t published.

Current Projects

HarperCollins Canada

Mortified

When someone secretly signs Belinda Houle—the school’s most introverted kid—up to audition for a school play, Belinda turns to her best friend and resident witch, Sally, for a spell. A spell for confidence. Except it feels more like a curse! What follows the ritual is comical series of tragedies, from makeup allergies, to losing her chemically straightened hair, accidentally eating dog treats, and more.

Now everyone stares at her all the time, including her friend-turned-nemesis, Chloe. To break the spell, Belinda must finally find the guts to face her fears, act in front of an audience and take a shot at doing what she loves.

Set in a small Saskatchewan town with more dogs than people, MORTIFIED will appeal to fans of DORK DIARIES, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, and kids who enjoy comics and funny MC novels.

With illustrations by the amazingly talented Rhael McGreggor.

Available now from:
The book MORTIFIED by Kristy Jackson sits on a table
  • Type: Full Novel
  • Target Audience: Ages 8 to 12
  • Availability: Coming May 21st, 2024
  • Status: Completed
Unpublished

Supers

SUPERS follows a twelve-year-old boy who is mistakenly sent to villain school instead of superhero school.

On the day of the annual superpower screening tests, nice-guy Emmett surprises everyone when he scores so high that he blows up the machine. Too bad he’s wrongly classified as an evil-doer and shipped away to villain school. Meanwhile, his gifted little brother Thomas is welcomed into superhero school.  

Bullies at villain school pick on Emmett because he’s socially awkward and doesn’t have a superpower yet. Things get serious when Veyda Malus, the world’s most powerful supervillain, wants Emmett to join her in destroying Thomas’s new school and everyone in it. In order to survive villain school, Emmett must embrace his differences, find his superpower, and save superhero school and the brother he loves from a gang of angry, rejected villains.

  • Type: Full Novel
  • Target Audience: Ages 8 to 12
  • Availability: Unpublished
  • Status: Completed
Short Story

Dragon Breath

How do you control a superpower that appears out of nowhere?