On Thursday, October 25, Joshlyn Jackson visited the Creative Writing Club, Likewise, and the Reading Club, Tolle Lege, of West Forsyth High School as part of a Writers in the Schools Program. The Margaret Mitchell House's Literature Center is administering the program this year with support of the national headquarters in Washington D.C.  West Forsyth High School is one of only a few schools selected in Georgia to be a part of this national program. 
 
The Margaret Mitchell House has provided free of charge 40 copies of the novel Between, Georgia by Joshlyn Jackson for the students in the two programs to read. As part of the visit, they students read the novel and shared their views on the book with Ms. Jackson. They also discussed creative writing with Ms. Jackson on her visit on October 25.

Joshlyn Jackson’s short fiction has been published in literary magazines and anthologies including TriQuarterly and Calyx, and her plays have been produced in Atlanta and Chicago. Her bestselling debut novel, gods in Alabama won SIBA's 2005 Novel of the year Award and was a #1 BookSense pick. Between, Georgia was also a #1 BookSense pick, making Jackson the first author in BookSense history to receive #1 status in back to back years. Jackson read the audio version herself, winning a Listen Up award from Publisher's Weekly and making Audiofile's Best of 2006 list. Both books were chosen for the Books-A-Million Book Club. Her third novel, The Girl Who Stopped Swimming, will be published by GCP (formerly Warner Books) in March of 2008.