Jacqueline Berkman is a fiction writer, essayist, screenwriter, and playwright.


Jackie graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned an MFA from Lesley University. The short film “Panofsky’s Complaint” based on her short story “Picking Locks” was screened at the Cannes Short Film Corner, the Brooklyn Short Film Festival, and LA Shorts Fest. Her one-act play “Rattled” premiered as part of Public Assembly’s “Baby Teeth” show to a sold-out crowd of 200+ people. Her nonfiction essay “The Mother is Me” was nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and her short fiction has been published in Made in L.A. Volume 6, The Coachella Review, and The Write Launch, among other publications.

Jackie resides in Los Angeles with her husband Jak and daughter Jillian, otherwise known as the “J-Crew.”

Rattled (2026)

The Mother is Me

Non-Fiction Essay

MUTHA Magazine

2025

WagWorld

Short Story

Made in LA

2025

The Mechanical Bull

Short Story

The Coachella Review

2024

Date Night with Mom

Short Story

The Write Launch

2017

Panofsky’s Complaint

Short Film

Cinetone Productions

2016

The Amino Algorithm

Short Story

The Writing Disorder

2014

Publication

Project

Category

Public Assembly (produced)

Rattled

Play

Year

2026

The Write Launch

Occupy

Short Story

2024

Ginosko Literary Journal

Picking Locks

Short Story

2015