# Jacquelyn Mitchard
*#1 New York Times Bestselling Author*

Jacquelyn Mitchard is the author of 24 books, with more than 3 million copies in print worldwide, in 35 languages. They include "The Deep End of the Ocean," the first selection of the Oprah Winfrey Book Club, a #1 New York Times bestseller adapted for a major motion picture by Michelle Pfeiffer, as well as "The Midnight Twins," now in development by Kaleidoscope Entertainment for an HBO series. Of "The Deep End of the Ocean," The Los Angeles Times said, "Masterful...A big story about human connection and emotional survival." In a profile, Publishers Weekly said, "No one understands human nature as well as Jacquelyn Mitchard." Her novels comprise traditional realistic contemporary fiction with elements of domestic suspense, and many have been called book club fiction for their potential to spark lively discussion and debate.Mitchard's novels have won or been short-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Bram Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, the Heartland Prize for Fiction, and the UK's Talkabout Prize, and have included five New York Times bestsellers. She has also authored an essay collection, "The Rest of Us: Dispatches from the Mother Ship," and served as curator of Merit Press, a realistic Young Adult fiction imprint under Simon & Schuster.A professor of fiction and creative non-fiction, Mitchard served on the Fiction Jury for the National Book Awards and has been a fellow at the Ragdale Foundation, Yaddo, the MacDowell Colony, and Hedgebrook. Her newest novel, "The Birdwatcher," inspired by the first criminal trial she covered as a newspaper reporter, is out now from HarperCollins. A native of Chicago, she lives on Cape Cod.Learn more about Jacquelyn Mitchard and her work by visiting her website, or find her on Instagram.

**Connect:** [Website](https://jacquelynmitchard.com/) · [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/jacquelynmitchard)

## Retreats led by Jacquelyn Mitchard

### Building a Powerful Novel - A Guided Retreat with Bestselling Novelists Lisa Genova and Jacquelyn Mitchard in France
October 1 - 8, 2026 · Teyssode, Occitanie, France · $9,850
Instructors: Jacquelyn Mitchard, Lisa Genova
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