Madi­son Jack­son lives in Pitts­burgh, PA and is the Direc­tor of Jew­ish Stu­dent Life at Carnegie Mel­lon Uni­ver­si­ty. She received her Mas­ter of Fine Arts degree in Cre­ative Non­fic­tion Writ­ing from Chatham Uni­ver­si­ty, and her Bach­e­lor of Arts degree in Juda­ic Stud­ies and Eng­lish from Bing­ham­ton University.