Jacquelyn Mitchard
Author of The Deep End of the Ocean
About the Author
Jacquelyn Mitchard was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 10, 1957. She studied creative writing at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1976, she became a journalist and eventually achieved the position as lifestyle columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper. Her show more weekly column, The Rest of Us: Dispatches from the Mother Ship, appeared in 125 newspapers nationwide until she retired it in 2007. She is the author of children's, young adult, and adult books. Her first novel, The Deep End of the Ocean, was the first selection for Oprah's Book Club and was named by USA Today as one of the ten most influential books of the past 25 years. It was also adapted into a movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer. Her other adult novels include The Breakdown Lane; Twelve Times Blessed; Christmas, Present; A Theory of Relativity; The Most Wanted; Cage of Stars; and Still Summer. Her children's books include Starring Prima!: The Mouse of the Ballet Jolie; Rosalie, My Rosalie: The Tale of a Duckling; and Ready, Set , School! Her young adult books include Now You See Her; All We Know of Heaven; and The Midnight Twins series. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Two of a Kind 2 copies
No title 1 copy
A Theory of Realativity 1 copy
Um Natal que não Esquecemos 1 copy
A Very Inconvenient Scandal 1 copy
Associated Works
The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them (2006) — Contributor — 389 copies
Choice: True Stories of Birth, Contraception, Infertility, Adoption, Single Parenthood, and Abortion (2007) — Contributor — 93 copies
Altared: Bridezillas, Bewilderment, Big Love, Breakups, and What Women Really Think About Contemporary Weddings (2007) — Contributor — 72 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1955-12-10
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Brewster, Massachusetts, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA - Education
- Rockford College (BA ∙ 1973)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (creative writing) - Occupations
- journalist
author
editor
professor (creative writing)
high school teacher (English) - Relationships
- Costello, Mark (mentor)
- Organizations
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (syndicated columnist)
Ragdale Foundation
One Writer's Place - Agent
- Jeff Kleinman (Folio)
Jane Gelfman (Gelfman Schneider Literary Agents Inc.) - Short biography
- Jacquelyn Mitchard is an American journalist and author. She has written the best-selling novel The Deep End of the Ocean, which was the first selection for Oprah's Book Club, on September 17, 1996. Other books by Mitchard include The Breakdown Lane, Twelve Times Blessed, Christmas, Present, A Theory of Relativity, The Most Wanted, Cage of Stars, No Time to Wave Goodbye, Second Nature - A Love Story, and Still Summer.
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Reviews
Still Summer by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Beautiful, haunting recount of trip of lifetime for four friends that ended in terror and survival.
Good story. Mom gets MS;dad leaves;LD son takes care of family with help. Seems somewhat disjointed, but comes together in the end.
Good story about families struggling to have the right to adopt a child whose parents were lost in a car accident.
Divorcee and son find happiness with a new man in their lives. Struggling relationship gets kind of old.
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Statistics
- Works
- 41
- Also by
- 12
- Members
- 10,409
- Popularity
- #2,280
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 297
- ISBNs
- 400
- Languages
- 12
- Favorited
- 16
