Synopsis
I was sixteen, autistic, and desperate when I arrived at the Jackson River Bridge.
Crossing it changed my life.
What followed led me to a new name, a quiet monastery, and the people—and cats—who saw me clearly.
But leaving was only the beginning. The past does not stay buried, and the world I fled is demanding my return.
The Jackson River Bridge is my story—of reinvention, of learning to trust, and of how an unfinished boy survived and flourished.
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About the Author
Elliott Light grew up outside Washington, D.C., in McLean, Virginia, before the beltway encircled the capital city, before farms were turned into housing developments, and before open fields became mega-malls.Light attended both engineering and law school (apparently, unable to make up his mind). He spent three decades practicing law, including environmental, energy, contract, telecommunications, and patent law. (Do you see a pattern here?
But he yearned to be a teller of stories that both entertain and enlighten, and in 2002, his first book, Lonesome Song, was published. Chain Thinking (2003), The Gene Police (2018), Throwaways (2020), and The Jackson River Bridge (2023) followed. The Last Rights was published in December of 2025.
Light enjoys trying Asian-inspired recipes, experimenting with his air fryer (you don't need one, but it really is fun), and reading about new energy technologies (super-hot geothermal looks promising). When he's not traveling with his spouse, Sonya, or not writing, he is a dedicated servant to their cat, Feste.
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