"M.J. Jackman is one of the most talented, exciting, and hilarious writers to explode onto the British fiction scene in the 21st century," was what M.J. Jackman hoped to read in the papers after the release of The Sid Tillsley Chronicles. He hoped his books would bring celebrity status, which, in turn, would bring fast women, hard drugs and liquor, and then slower, more understanding women. Since the release of The Sid Tillsley Chronicles M. J. Jackman has successfully installed a patio area into his garden.