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Jeremy Jackson

professor, oceanography, Scripps

Jeremy Jackson is Director of CMBC, the William E. and Mary B. Ritter Professor of Oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, and a Senior Scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the Republic of Panama. He also served as Professor of Ecology at the Johns Hopkins University from 1971 to 1985. Dr. Jackson is the author of more than100 scientific publications and five books. His current research includes the long-term impacts of human activities on the oceans and the ecological and evolutionary consequences of the gradual formation of the Isthmus of Panama. He co-founded the Panama Paleontology Project in 1986, an international group of some 30 scientists, to help support his isthmian research. He has also worked extensively on the ecology of coral reef communities and the tempo and mode of speciation in the sea. Dr. Jackson is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and received the Secretary's Gold Med

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  • Bibliography:

    4 Books

  • First Book:

    July 2002

  • Latest Book:

    March 2017

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Book List in Order: 4 titles

  • Life at These Speeds

    The Sweet Hereafter meets Chariots of Fire in Life at These Speeds, the touching first novel from Jeremy Jackson about tragedy and healing. The basis for the major motion picture 1 Mile to You. "Refreshing...Reminds us that whether we run, play footb...

  • In Summer


    Summertime. If you close your eyes you can feel the warm sun on your skin, hear the leaves rustling in the breeze, smell the freshly mown lawn just up the street. Summer is a lush territory. Summer is a realm of its own. And summer can encompass ...

  • 1 Mile to You

    The Sweet Hereafter meets Chariots of Fire in 1 Mile to You, the touching first novel from Jeremy Jackson about tragedy and healing--now a major motion picture! "Refreshing...Reminds us that whether we run, play football, sing or write, we need to fi...

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Jeremy Jackson (author)

American author

Jeremy Jackson is an American author. He has written two novels, Life at These Speeds (2002), about a high school boy who finds his life through long-distance running and track,[1] and In Summer (2004),[2] with a similar premise, about a high school graduate caught between his adolescence and adulthood. The manuscript of Life at These Speeds won a James A. Michener/Copernicus Society of America Fellowship in 2000 and was later a selection for Barnes & Noble's Discover Great New Writers. The novel became a feature film, 1 Mile to You, starring Billy Crudup and Graham Rogers (2017).[3]

Jackson has also written three cookbooks, The Cornbread Book (2003),[4]Desserts That Have Killed Better Men Than Me (2004)[5] and Good Day for a Picnic (2005).[6] His recipes and food writing have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, and Food and Wine. The Cornbread Book was nominated for a James Beard Award.

Jeremy Jackson also writes young adult nove

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