Resident of New Jersey and graduate of Seton Hall University. Currently an author, publisher & speaker. "My mission is to write Enlightening, Entertaining, & Empowering fiction for teens. I enjoy conducting my Keepin' It Real rap sessions and book discussions with them and reinforcing the messages in my novels Imani in Young Love & Deception and Imani in Never Say Goodbye."

   

Imani in Young Love & Deception was recommended reading by EBONY Magazine (March, 2002) & featured in The New York Times/In Person (April 28, 2002).

Imani in Young Love & Deception and Imani in Never Say Goodbye are recommended reading by the Black Caucus National Council of Teachers of English.

Imani in Never Say Goodbye won the 2005-2006 Georgia Peach Honor Book Award for Teen Readers.

Imani in Never Say Goodbye voted "2004 Best Young Adult Fiction" by Urban Spectrum newspaper.

Novels and other merchandise available online at www.jackiehardrick.com or call 1-866-862-8626 or e-mail: books@enlightenpublications.com; Mail-in orders and purchase orders accepted.