Saundra Mitchell Explained

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. Using her screenplays, the company produced more than 400 films. She has Academy Award eligibility ten times.

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 Authors Award for Best Young Adult Novel	Winner	^[8]

Publications

Fiction

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

• The Vespertine (2011)
• The Springsweet (2012)
• The Elementals (2013)

Camp Murderface series

• Camp Murderface, with Josh Berk (2020)
• Doom in the Deep, with Josh Berk (2021)

Nonfiction

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

Short stories

• "" in Lightspeed Magazine (September 2014)

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)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

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