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Brenda Jackson: A Brief Biography
Brenda Jackson was born and raised in Jackson ,Florida .she got married to her high school sweet heart in 9172 .she went to earn a degree in business administration from Jacksonville university and had two sons Gerald grand and Brandon .she is an American novelist who writes contemporary multicultural romance novels .she was the first African American author to have a novel published as part of the silhouette desire line, and has seen many of her novels reach the united states of America best seller list .

She began her writing career in the eighth grade in northwestern junior high school. She use to hand writes her stories for fellow classmates to read and also proud to say some of her classmates are still Brenda Jackson readers

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