Jacquelyn Mitchard is the New York Times bestselling author of 24 books of fiction and non-fiction for adults, young adults and children, with more than 3 million copies in 34 languages worldwide. Her first novel, The Deep End of the Ocean, was the inaugural selection of the Oprah Winfrey Book Club and she has won or been nominated for prizes including the UK’s Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Shirley Jackson Award, the Heartland Prize for Fiction and others. A native of Chicago, she lives on Cape Cod with her family. Her newest novel, The Birdwatcher, the story of a fashion journalist trying to find light in the shadow world of her childhood best friend -- a brilliant grad student turned high-priced call girl convicted of murdering her two most devoted clients -- was published in 2025 by HarperCollins.