Jenny Jaeckel

Jenny Jaeckel’s graphic memoir Spot 12: Five Months in the Neonatal ICU won the 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Award and was also a 2016 finalist in the Foreword Indies Book Award. Her previous titles include For the Love of Meat: Nine Illustrated Stories and Siberiak: My Cold War Adventure on the River Ob. Published in April 2018, House of Rougeaux is a seven-part family epic that begins on the Island of Martinique and follows the descendants of African slaves as they survive, emigrate and flourish over a 200-year period. Replete with magical elements, this inspiring tale brings readers to the brink and back.