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Sharna Jackson

Sharna Jackson is an author and curator who specialises in developing and delivering socially-engaged initiatives for children and young people across culture, publishing and entertainment. 

 

Her debut novel High-Rise Mystery released in 2019 has won numerous awards and accolades including Best Book for Younger Readers at the 2020 Waterstones Book Prize and Sunday Times Book of the Week. The sequel, Mic Drop, was released in 2020. Sharna also develops books to encourage participation in the arts, with two activity books released with Tate in 2014. She was Southbank Centre’s Imagine A Story Author in 2019/20 creating London/Londoff with over 1200 school children in the capital. 

 

Sharna lives on a ship in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Black Artists Shaping the World
The Ultimate Art Museum
We're Going to Find the Monster
Splinters of Sunshine
The Upper World
Long Way Down (The Graphic Novel): Winner, Kate Greenaway Award
Cane Warriors
Amber Undercover
The Black Flamingo: The much loved, award-winning, queer coming-of-age story
The Met Faith Ringgold: Narrating the World in Pattern and Colour
High-Rise Mystery
The Nine Night Mystery
Black Artists Shaping the World (Picture Book Edition): 14 stories of creativity
The Good Turn
Black Artists Shaping the World
The Super Sunny Murder Club
Mic Drop
Joyful, Joyful: 20 Stories by BRILLIANT Black Creators from Around the World
British Art Activity Book
The Met Faith Ringgold: Narrating the World in Pattern and Colour
The Very Merry Murder Club
Read, Scream, Repeat
Happy Here: 10 stories from Black British authors & illustrators
Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Reflect: Oxford Reading Levels 8-9: Class Pack
The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain