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Jacinta Howard is an Atlanta-based culture and music writer, mostly covering hip-hop, soul, R&B, TV/film, travel, and art. Previously, she was the entertainment editor at Upscale Magazine, the music editor at rolling out, a contributing arts and music writer at Creative Loafing-Atlanta, and a contributing editor at The Boombox. Her byline has appeared in many publications including The Source, Denver Westword, Boulder Weekly, Uptown Magazine, Shondaland, Rock The Bells, HipHopDX, American Way Magazine, Paste Magazine,
The Asheville Citizen-Times, and Thrillist. In 2014, she self-published her debut novel, Better Than Okay. It was nominated for a RONE Award, which honors the very best books in the indie and small publishing industry. She's since published over ten contemporary romance novels, including the USA Today "Must Read" new adult novel, Happiness In Jersey from her popular series, The Prototype. Her stories often explore the intricacies of relationships, healing, and the bumps we experience along the road to real intimacy. Her books have been noted in OkayAfrica, USA Today, and Book Riot. Raised mostly in Denver, Jacinta is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University. She digs summertime and flip flops, deep bass lines and good lyrics, goofy jokes and kind people. Her happy place is hanging on the beach somewhere with her family, preferably with a good book and a dope playlist. |
I write relatable stories about love and relationships. I'm super interested in the intimate moments that make a relationship tick, those small moments that define the love shared between a couple. I'm also interested in broken people, people who have had to overcome a lot to reach a place of peace, and how those experiences impact their relationships with themselves and others. Basically, I'm interested in the "thick of love"—how does that look? How does that feel? My characters have real reactions to situations that may not always be convenient, and sometimes may make you want to throw your book across the room, but that's life, right? That's, people, right? If my book leaves you feeling absolutely nothing, then I haven't done my job.
Yep, sometimes, my love stories can be a little heavy, and they've been described as "emotional" and "angsty" but the common theme is they're truthful, and love is always, always at the center of every story I write.
Yep, sometimes, my love stories can be a little heavy, and they've been described as "emotional" and "angsty" but the common theme is they're truthful, and love is always, always at the center of every story I write.
