Jacki Lyon
writer, poet

Independent Publishers' Book Award Winning Author!

Lyon's latest novel is now available!  Amazon, Kindle, Joseph Beth Book Sellers, Hamilton County Public Library, Xavier University!

Salty Miss Tenderloin   
Never shying from the dark side of humanity, Lyon introduces Starlight Nox who was born on the gritty streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin District when Jimi Hendrix and the Vietnam War were center stage. She learns at an early age to rummage food from dumpsters and to collect clothes from the corner charity for survival. When Star’s father dies with a needle in his arm and her mother disappears searching for her next fix, the scrappy twelve-year old is adopted by wealthy grandparents. Uprooted from San Francisco to Cincinnati, she spends the next two decades learning that danger doesn’t lurk just in pimps and pill pushers on Turk Street. She discovers that evil finds a welcome host in tailored suits and Chanel dresses and even glossy church pews. Star calls on her early bitter lessons from the streets to navigate the more sinister roads she travels as a young woman.

Salty Miss Tenderloin is a fiercely tender coming-of-age story that proves the transition from child to adult is a process that repeats itself many times in life. Coming-of-age is about survival. For the lucky, the change begins with a raging gnaw of desire; for the unlucky, the change begins with a crying gnaw of hunger. For Starlight Nox, the treacherous journey begins much too early in life and continues to test her ability to grow and persevere, time and time again.

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Jacki Lyon is an award winning author and published poet whose focus is exploring the human condition. She views writing as “a passionate journey seeking to uncover the internal and external factors that shape humanity.” She teaches writing and literature courses at Xavier University and lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband, Michael, and her two daughters.

EMAIL ADDRESS: jacquelinemlyon@gmail.com
PHONE: 513-236-9425

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