Jackie K. Cooper was born in South Carolina and now lives in Georgia. He is the married father of two sons and the proud grandparent of a boy and two girls. He is familiar to people living in the middle Georgia area as the "entertainment man" since his entertainment reviews run in newspapers and are shown on television there. His short stories have been used as commentary on Georgia Public Radio. He also keeps active appearing as an after dinner speaker for various events.

Cooper has lived an exceptionally interesting life and portions of it were contained in his first book "JOURNEY OF A GENTLE SOUTHERN MAN". The journey continued in "CHANCES AND CHOICES,HALFWAY HOME, and THE BOOKBINDER. Cooper's latest book is THE SUNRISE REMEMBERS which was published by Mercer University Press in 2008. His writing is also featured in The Macon Telegraph and The Huffington Post.

Jackie K. Cooper is an exceptional speaker on the subjects of entertainment, writing, motivation, Southern charm and humor.