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ⓘ About Jacquelyn Mitchard
Jacquelyn Mitchard, a popular American journalist and fiction writer nowadays, was born on the outskirts of Chicago, Illinois. She was raised in the family of a plumber and a clerk of a hardware store. When Jacquelyn was a teenage girl, she sensed that she has an inclination for writing. Then, she enrolled at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, where she had a possibility to study for whole three semesters under the teaching of Mark Costello, who wrote the famous work The Murphy Stories. After the graduation, Jacquelyn Mitchard became a reporter at the local newspaper. She wrote a huge number of columns and articles for various magazines and newspapers (such as More or the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).
All Book Series by Jacquelyn Mitchard
Mother Less Child: The Love Story of a Family
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 1985
The Rest of Us: Dispatches from the Mother Ship
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 1997
Mr. Wrong: Real-Life Stories about the Men We Used to Love
Book 4 of 8 · published 2007
Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury
Book 7 of 8 · published 2012
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Who is Jacquelyn Mitchard?
Jacquelyn Mitchard, a popular American journalist and fiction writer nowadays, was born on the outskirts of Chicago, Illinois. She was raised in the family of a plumber and a clerk of a hardware store. When Jacquelyn was a teenage girl, she sensed that she has an inclination for writing.
Which Jacquelyn Mitchard series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Cappadora Family series, the earliest of Jacquelyn Mitchard's multi-book series: it opens with The Deep End of the Ocean (1996) and runs to 3 books across 1996–2011, ending with Second Nature (2011). Jacquelyn Mitchard's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Jacquelyn Mitchard written?
Jacquelyn Mitchard has 37 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1985 and 2025. 8 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Cappadora Family series with 3 books — and 29 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Jacquelyn Mitchard's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Jacquelyn Mitchard's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Cappadora Family (1996–2011, 3 books), Midnight Twins (2008–2010, 3 books) and What We Saw at Night (2013, 2 books).
How are Jacquelyn Mitchard's books organised into series?
This guide splits Jacquelyn Mitchard's 37 books into 3 named series and 29 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Cappadora Family (3 books, 1996–2011); Midnight Twins (3 books, 2008–2010); What We Saw at Night (2 books, 2013).