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