Jayson Woodward
A voice for those who are looking for theirs; Spiritual, WooWoo, musical memoirist, a woman of years and experience sending songs from the edge of an age.
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A voice for those who are looking for theirs; Spiritual, WooWoo, musical memoirist, a woman of years and experience sending songs from the edge of an age.
Jayson Woodward is an author, producer, and songwriter working from the Big Bend of Brewster County, Texas, where she has lived since 1976.
Her memoir BORDERLINE: A True Story of Courage and Justice recounts her 1985 abduction and assault in Terlingua, her escape through the Chihuahuan Desert, and the international border incident and trial that followed. Her first book, THE HEART REMEMBERS, is a memoir of growth through grief. A third, BEFORE WE WERE FOUND, is in final edit with a documentary companion in production.
In 2022 Voyage Media adapted BORDERLINE into a narrated documentary podcast hosted by Paget Brewster. It has passed 220,000 downloads and won first place in Voyage Media’s narrated documentary series category. Woodward appears throughout the series and in its behind the scenes episode.
She is an executive producer on DESOLATION, a completed documentary short directed by Norry Niven, premiering Fall 2026, based on the book BORDERLINE by Jayson Woodward. She is also an executive producer on the BORDERLINE feature adaptation, in pre production for a Texas shoot. Both are MollyLlama Studios and Highway 118 productions.
She holds a B.S. and an M.Ed. in writing and counseling. She is currently recording her original songs that characterize the spirit and history of the Big Bend. She speaks publicly on sexual assault, testimony, and forgiveness.
Three pillars, one voice. Books on the shelf, conversations in your ears, songs in the desert air.
A trilogy that moves through joy, trauma, and the slow work of remembering who you are. We do not move to a ‘higher self.’ We are distracted from it.
The book that became an international incident, then a podcast. A true story of courage, justice, and the long road to making it stand up in public.
A memoir of growth through grief. The events that arrive uninvited, and the long work of finding yourself through them.
The next chapter, now in final edit as a manuscript while its documentary companion is in production. The story behind the story, and what gets remembered when nobody is keeping score.
Short fiction and personal journal entries that sit between the books. Each one reflecting the power of people, especially of women, in determining the path of becoming who you are.
The story off the page. From an award-winning narrated podcast to a documentary short in the festival circuit and a feature film in pre-production, the work goes wherever the listener is.
Based on the book by the same name, the BORDERLINE podcast lets you hear directly from the people inside an international incident that changed more than a few lives. Listen closely.
An oral history of the people from the Crown Jewel of Texas. The voices, the stories, the memories of the Big Bend of Brewster County, gathered before they fade.
Filmed on location in Marathon and Dallas and directed by Norry Niven, the film is complete and in the festival circuit, premiering Fall 2026. Produced with Highway 118 and MollyLlama Studios.
The journey of the book continues onto the screen. A film adaptation of the true story is in pre-production, carrying the same testimony into a new medium. Norry Niven attached to direct.
Speaking engagements on rape and sexual assault, on the courage to make a record, and on the long work of turning private testimony into public conversation. Available by inquiry.
A catalog of original songs, written and recorded in the Big Bend. New work in the studio now. The same voice that built the books, in a different key.
A working catalog of original songs written and recorded in the Big Bend. Mercy, forgiveness, and the long view from the porch, in lyric form.
New songs in production. Acoustic-forward, voice, mandolin, and guitar at the center, recorded with the same patience the books require.
Press and media inquiries, film partnership conversations, live appearances, book signings, public speaking, and music performance. Inquiries from journalists, producers, festivals, venues, libraries, retreats, and private events welcome.
