[1] She is most noted for her 1992 memoir The Mother Zone, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour in 1993,[2] and her 2002 non-fiction book Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign, which was shortlisted for the Pearson Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.
[3] A writer for publications such as Rolling Stone, Maclean's, Saturday Night and The Walrus, Jackson has also published the non-fiction book Home Free: The Myth of the Empty Nest (2010),[4] and the short story collection Don't I Know You?
[5] Jackson is married to journalist and filmmaker Brian D. Johnson,[6] and was credited as a co-writer of his 2015 documentary film Al Purdy Was Here.
[7] In December 2014 Maclean's magazine published Jackson's account of harassment she experienced from her co-host, Hargurchet Singh Bhabra.
Jackson and Bhabra had been co-hosts of a show on books, entitled Imprint, during its first season, in 1994.