Chris Jackson (publisher)

Chris Jackson is publisher and editor-in-chief of the One World imprint of Random House.

Early life

Jackson grew up in Harlem, New York, and attended Hunter College High School and Columbia University.[1]

Career

From 2006 to 2016 Jackson was executive editor of Spiegel and Grau[2] before becoming head of One World. The New York Times describes Jackson as a "rare public star in the world of book publishing."[3] Calling Jackson "someone you need to know," Ebony cites his work with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jay-Z and Beyoncé as well as Jackson's "background and understanding of how to take Black stories and turn them into something that the entire market should--and could--appreciate."[4] Critic Vinson Cunningham, writing for The New York Times Magazine, says, "To the extent that 21st-century literary audiences have been introduced to the realities and absurdities born of the phenomenon of race in America, Jackson has done a disproportionate amount of that introducing."[5]

References

  1. ↑ Lewis, Andy (September 28, 2016). "Trayvon Martin's Parents Writing Memoir: "Everyone Reading the Manuscript Is in Tears by the Second Chapter"". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Reid, Calvin (April 11, 2016). "Chris Jackson to Relaunch One World Imprint". Publishers Weekly.
  3. ↑ Williams, John (April 11, 2016). "Chris Jackson to Lead One World Imprint at Random House". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Gibbs, Adrienne Samuels (April 14, 2016). "Clap for Him! Chris Jackson Lands New Role at Random House imprint". Ebony. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Cunningham, Vinson (2 February 2016). "How Chris Jackson Is Building a Black Literary Movement". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
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