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).
Jeremy Jackson also writes young adult novels under the pseudonym Alex Bradley.