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Jacquelyn Mitchard

Jacquelyn Mitchard is an American author known for her fiction, non-fiction, young adult novels, and children's books, as well as her work as a journalist. Raised outside Chicago, Illinois, she is the daughter of a plumber from Newfoundland and a hardware store clerk who is a member of the Lac du Flambeau Chippewa Cree tribe. Jacquelyn started her journalism career in 1979 with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where she wrote a weekly column titled The Rest of Us: Dispatches from the Mother Ship, which was syndicated in 125 newspapers. While at the Journal Sentinel, she began her first novel, The Deep End of the Ocean, which caught Oprah's attention and sold nearly 3 million copies in about two years. Jacquelyn Mitchard became a published author in 1985 with her non-fiction book Mother Less Child: The Love Story of a Family, and her debut novel was the aforementioned #1 New York Times bestseller, The Deep End of the Ocean. Below is a list of Jacquelyn Mitchard’s books in the order of their original release:

Jacquelyn Mitchard became a published novelist in 1985 with the novel Mother Less Child: The Love Story of a Family. Below is a list of Jacquelyn Mitchard's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Cappadora Family Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Deep End of the Ocean (1996) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
No Time to Wave Goodbye (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Midnight Twins Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Midnight Twins (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Look Both Ways (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Watch for Me by Moonlight (2010) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of What We Saw at Night Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
What We Saw at Night (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
What We Lost in the Dark (2013) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
The Most Wanted (1998) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Theory of Relativity (2001) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Twelve Times Blessed (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Christmas, Present (2003) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Starring Prima!: The Mouse of the Ballet Jolie (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Breakdown Lane (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rosalie, My Rosalie: The Tale of a Duckling (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Cage of Stars (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Still Summer (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Now You See Her (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
All We Know of Heaven (2008) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Second Nature (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Two If by Sea (2016) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Good Son (2022) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Very Inconvenient Scandal (2023) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Picture Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Baby Bat's Lullaby (2004) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ready, Set, School! (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Children's Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Eagle Eyes (2009) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Mother Less Child: The Love Story of a Family (1985) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Jane Addams: Peace Activist (1991) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Rest of Us: Dispatches from the Mother Ship (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title Year Amazon USA Amazon UK
Out of the Mold (1997) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
It's a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons (2005) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters (2006) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mr. Wrong: Real-Life Stories about the Men We Used to Love (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Over the Hill and Between the Sheets (2007) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crush: 26 Real-life Tales of First Love (2011) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury (2012) Buy on Amazon.com Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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