Chris Jackson (born 1971)[1] is an American publisher and editor-in-chief of the One World imprint of Random House.
Jackson grew up in Harlem, New York, and attended Hunter College High School and Columbia University.
[1] From 2006 to 2016, he was executive editor of Spiegel and Grau[3] before becoming head of One World, a division of Penguin Random House.
[1] The New York Times described Jackson as a "rare public star in the world of book publishing.
"[6] Speaking of his experience working with Jackson, who published Eddie Huang's memoir Fresh Off the Boat, Huang noted Jackson also developed work addressed to readers the publishing industry had not been reaching.