Valerie Jackson hosted WABE’s literary show “Between the Lines” for several years, where she spoke with notable authors and writers about their works.
“Writers, once we finish an interview, they say to me, ‘You actually read the book!’ And I was compulsive about that. I couldn’t skip a page or even a paragraph,” said Jackson.
Later, she expanded the range of guests with her program, “In Conversation with Valerie Jackson.”
Jackson was married to the late Atlanta Mayor Maynard H. Jackson Jr., for over 25 years, and they had two daughters together, Valerie-Amanda and Alexandra.
“I used to open his chest of drawers and slip one of those ‘tissue kisses’ among his shirt so that one day when he was dressing, he would pick up a t-shirt and underneath it would be one of these ‘tissue kisses.’”
