Saundra Mitchell
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Saundra Mitchell (born September 3, 1973)[1] is an American novelist who has also written under the pseudonyms of Jessa Holbrook and Alex Mallory.
Personal life
[edit]Mitchell is gay and has daughters.[2]
Career
[edit]Mitchell worked as the head screenwriter and executive producer with Dreaming Tree Films for twenty years.[2] Using her screenplays, the company produced more than 400 films.[2] She has Academy Award eligibility ten times.[2]
Selected accolades
[edit]| Year | Work | Accolades | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Shadowed Summer | Junior Library Guild book list | Selection | [3] |
| 2010 | Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery | Finalist | [4] | |
| Society of Midland Authors Award for Best Children’s Book | Winner | [5] | ||
| 2020 | All the Things We Do in the Dark | Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature | Finalist | [6] |
| Junior Library Guild book list | Selection | [7] | ||
| Indiana Authors Award for Best Young Adult Novel | Winner | [8] |
Publications
[edit]Fiction
[edit]Standalone novels
[edit]- Shadowed Summer (2009)
- Breathkept (2011)
- Defy the Dark (2013)
- While You're Away, as Jessa Holbrook (2013)
- Wild, as Alex Mallory (2014)
- Mistwalker (2014)
- All the Things We Do in the Dark (2019)
- The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical, with Chad Beguelin, Bob Martin, and Matthew Sklar (2019)
The Vespertine series
[edit]- The Vespertine (2011)
- The Springsweet (2012)
- The Elementals (2013)
Camp Murderface series
[edit]Nonfiction
[edit]- 50 Unbelievable Women and Their Fascinating (and True!) Stories (2016)
- 50 Impressive Kids and Their Amazing (and True!) Stories (2016)
Short stories
[edit]- "" in Lightspeed Magazine (September 2014)
Anthologies
[edit]- Love And Sacrifice: Touching Stories About Troubled Relationships (2007)
- Truth and Dare: 20 Tales of Heartbreak and Happiness (2011)
- The First Time (2011)
- Grim (2014)
- A Tyranny of Petticoats (2016)
- All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages (2018)
- Foreshadow: A Serial YA Anthology of Short Stories (2019)
- You Too?: 25 Voices Share Their #MeToo Stories (2020)
- Out Now: Queer We Go Again! (2020)
- Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder (2022)
- Transmogrify! (2023)
Filmography
[edit]Films
[edit]- Alternate Universe: A Rescue Mission (2016)
Shorts
[edit]- Operation Daylight (2004)
- Requiem (2004)
- Going Down to Neverland (2004)
- World of Weird (2004)
- The War (2004)
- Warehouse (2005)
- Last Time We Met (2005)
- Moments of Grace (2005)
- The Otis Revue (2005)
- Curtain Call (2005)
- Goodbye, Howard (2005)
- Bargain Basement (2005)
- TTYL (2005)
- Given This Day (2005)
- Wash (2005)
- Ringing of the Belles (2010)
- K-Run FM (2010)
- Justice (2011)
TV Series
[edit]- Gwen's World of Weird (2017)
References
[edit]- ^ "Saundra Mitchell". Goodreads. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ^ a b c d "Bio". Saundra Mitchell. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
- ^ "Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
- ^ "Nominees: The Edgar Awards". The Edgar Awards. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
- ^ "Past Winners". The Society of Midland Authors. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
- ^ Hart, Michelle (2020-03-10). "Here are the Finalists For the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards". Oprah Daily. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ^ "All the Things We Do in the Dark by Saundra Mitchell". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
- ^ "2020 Awards". Indiana Authors Awards. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
External links
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| National | |
