Jackson grew up in
Auckland and now lives in
Wellington. She has an MA from the
University of Auckland and a DPhil from
Oxford University. She is currently an associate professor in the School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies at
Victoria University of Wellington. Her poems were first published in the collection
AUP New Poets 1 (AUP, 1999) and she has since published a number of collections of poetry, as well as writing and co-editing works of literary criticism, essays, short stories and book reviews for publications in New Zealand and overseas. Much of her poetry explores the ideas of family and childhood. Her writing has appeared in journals and anthologies, and she has published several collections of poetry.
The Gas Leak was reviewed in the
Journal of New Zealand Literature.
Pasture and Flock: New and Selected Poems, published by
Auckland University Press, was reviewed on
Radio New Zealand's Nine to Noon programme on 3 April 2018.
Thicket by Anna Jackson was reviewed in the
Listener magazine, and in
takahē magazine.
I, Clodia, and Other Portraits was reviewed by
Cordite Poetry Review, and
Landfall. ==Awards and honours==