Jacquelyn Mitchard is the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of twelve novels for adults, seven novels for teenagers, and five children's books, including The Deep End of the Ocean, the inaugural selection of Oprah's Book Club. She is also a professor of creative writing whose short stories, articles, essays, and book reviews have been widely published. A native of Chicago, she now lives on Cape Cod with her family.
