Saundra Mitchell

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

Mitchell is gay and has daughters.[2]

Career

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
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 Author Award for Best Young Adult Novel Winner [8]

Publications

Standalone novels
  • 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

Camp Murderface series

Nonfiction
  • 50 Unbelievable Women and Their Fascinating (and True!) Stories (2016)
  • 50 Impressive Kids and Their Amazing (and True!) Stories (2016)

Short stories

Anthologies
  • 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

Films
  • Alternate Universe: A Rescue Mission (2016)

Shorts
  • 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
  • Gwen's World of Weird (2017)

References
  1. "Saundra Mitchell". Goodreads. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  2. "Bio". Saundra Mitchell. Retrieved 2022-01-03.
  3. "Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  4. "Nominees: The Edgar Awards". The Edgar Awards. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  5. "Past Winners". The Society of Midland Authors. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  6. Hart, Michelle (2020-03-10). "Here are the Finalists For the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards". Oprah Daily. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  7. "All the Things We Do in the Dark by Saundra Mitchell". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  8. "2020 Awards". Indiana Authors Awards. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
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