Jacqueline Berkman
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
Lesley University
Master of Fine Arts, Fiction
2021 - 2023
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Minor in Creative Writing
2007 - 2011
Short Fiction Publications
“WagWorld”
Made in L.A. Volume 6, 2025
“The Mechanical Bull”
The Coachella Review, 2024
“Occupy”
The Write Launch, 2024
“Date Night with Mom”
The Write Launch, 2017
Ginosko Literary Journal, 2015
“Picking Locks”
The Writing Disorder, 2014
“The Amino Algorithm”
Academic Writing
Craft Essay
“Allow Me to Interject: How Can Aphoristic Social Commentary Enhance Our Appreciation for a Literary Work (While Not Distracting the Reader?)”
2023
Graduate Seminar
“Laughing the Pain Away: How Writers Use Dark Humor to Cope with Hardship, Call Out Hypocrisy, and Everything in Between.”
2023
Screenwriting
1-Hour TV Pilot
Westside High (semifinalist in the 2019 WeScreenplay TV competition)
2019
Short Film
Co-writer, “Panofsky’s Complaint” (based on my short story “Picking Locks”)
2016