Jacquelin Gorman

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Selected Works

Fiction, Collection of Short Stories

The Viewing Room (Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction)

Winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction.

A moving collection of stories about damaged lives and how the living cope with the dying

Magazine Article

"The Stranger That Changed My Life: An Anonymous Kidney Donor" published in Reader's Digest

You never know when a chance encounter will transform you.

Memoir

The Seeing Glass

During her siege of blindness, Gorman finds innocence and courage in her brother's brief, tragic life--and a pure, unquestioning love that illuminates her darkness with the healing, eternal light of love.

Published Stories

"Ghost Dance" from The Viewing Room published in Slake: Los Angeles

"Blood Rules" from The Viewing Room published in The Kenyon Review

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Quick Links

Purchase The Viewing Room on Amazon or your local independent bookstore

(also available on Kindle)

It's Magic: Michael Eselun at TEDxEncinitas

Check out Michael Eselun's TED talk. Michael is an amazing speaker, and was a fellow chaplain at UCLA with Jacquelin and helped inspire The Viewing Room.

Donate Life- Organ Donation

Due to her experience as a chaplaincy intern on the transplant units, Jackie became an altruistic kidney donor. She is proud to speak on behalf of Donate Life, an organization dedicated to saving the 18 lives lost every day waiting for a transplant.

National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI)

Jackie is a big supporter of NAMI and raising awareness for mental illness. Click the link to learn more about this wonderful organization.

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