Jackie Hunter said she began writing short stories and poems when she was twelve years old. She has always enjoyed the arts, but did not pursue her passion for writing as a career until she retired as a public school math/ science teacher and school administrator.

Her debut novel, Lost in the Red Hills of Mars, is about a twelve years old girl who lives in the first human colony on Mars. Ms. Hunter wrote this book because she remembered how excited her students were when they were asked to design a human colony for Mars.

She grew up in Richmond, Virginia and holds a Masters of Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. She now divides her time between Richmond and Suwanee, Georgia where her daughter, Ramirra and son-in-law, Jerry Stackhouse maintain a home.