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Saundra Mitchell

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Born

in Indianapolis, The United States

September 03, 1973

Website

http://www.saundramitchell.com

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Mystery, Young Adult, Thriller

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Stephen King, David Simon, Anneli Rufus, John Green, [a:Tamora Pierce| ...more

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Saundra Mitchell is the author of SHADOWED SUMMER, THE VESPERTINE, THE SPRINGSWEET, THE ELEMENTALS, MISTWALKER, and ALL THE THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK. In non-fiction, she’s the author of the non-fiction THEY DID WHAT!? series for middle grade readers. Her first adult novel, THIS SIDE OF GONE, will be published by William Morrow in January 2026.

She’s also the co-author of the CAMP MURDERFACE series with Josh Berk, and the editor of four YA anthologies: DEFY THE DARK, ALL OUT, OUT NOW, and OUT THERE. She also adapted the hit Broadway Musical THE PROM for teen readers!

Mitchell writes under multiple pen names, including Jessa Holbrook (WHILE YOU’RE AWAY,) Alex Mallory (WILD,) and Rory Harrison (LOOKING FOR GROUP.)

SHADOWED SUMMER was the 2010 win Saundra Mitchell is the author of SHADOWED SUMMER, THE VESPERTINE, THE SPRINGSWEET, THE ELEMENTALS, MISTWALKER, and ALL THE THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK. In non-fiction, she’s the author of the non-fiction THEY DID WHAT!? series for middle grade readers. Her first adult novel, THIS SIDE OF GONE, will be published by William Morrow in January 2026.

She’s also the co-author of the CAMP MURDERFACE series with Josh Berk, and the editor of four YA anthologies: DEFY THE DARK, ALL OUT, OUT NOW, and OUT THERE. She also adapted the hit Broadway Musical THE PROM for teen readers!

Mitchell writes under multiple pen names, including Jessa Holbrook (WHILE YOU’RE AWAY,) Alex Mallory (WILD,) and Rory Harrison (LOOKING FOR GROUP.)

SHADOWED SUMMER was the 2010 winner of The Society of Midland Authors Book Award for Children’s Fiction and a 2010 Edgar® Award Nominee. It was chosen as a Junior Library Guild selection and an ALAN Pick in 2009. In 2020, ALL THE THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK was a Lambda Finalist, and the winner of the Indiana Authors Award for Young Adult Fiction.

Her short story “Ready to Wear” was nominated for a 2007 Pushcart Prize after appearing in Vestal Review Issue 27. Her short fiction and non-fiction has appeared in anthologies including TRANSMOGRIFY!, FORESHADOW, YOU TOO?, A TYRANNY OF PETTICOATS, FORETOLD, and DEAR BULLY.

For twenty years, she was the head screenwriter and an executive producer with Dreaming Tree Films on their various teen filmmaking programs, including the largest teen filmmaking program in the United States, Fresh Films. They produced more than four hundred films from her screenplays, and she earned Academy Award eligibility ten times during her tenure.

In other arenas, Ms. Mitchell was interviewed by the New York Times and the BBC for her part in exposing the Kaycee Nicole hoax, and she’s been tapped by morning radio shows all over the United States as a guest expert on Urban Legends & Folklore.

In her free time, she enjoys fandom, studying history, playing ttrpgs and video games, and spending time with her wife and daughters. Her pronouns are she/they. ...more

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	All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages by Saundra Mitchell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Malinda Lo (Goodreads Author), Robin Talley (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 6,429 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical by Saundra Mitchell (Goodreads Author), Bob Martin, Chad Beguelin (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 4,327 ratings — published 2019 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vespertine (The Vespertine, #1) 3.44 avg rating — 3,203 ratings — published 2011 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadowed Summer 3.52 avg rating — 1,591 ratings — published 2009 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out Now: Queer We Go Again! by Saundra Mitchell (Goodreads Author), Eliot Schrefer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), C.B. Lee (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.69 avg rating — 942 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All the Things We Do in the Dark 3.52 avg rating — 972 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Springsweet (The Vespertine, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 865 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mistwalker 3.38 avg rating — 753 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defy the Dark by Saundra Mitchell (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Malinda Lo (Goodreads Author), Myra McEntire (Goodreads Author) 3.62 avg rating — 699 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder 3.73 avg rating — 480 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Do forgive me.... I've no reputation of my own, and I forget they matter.”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Vespertine

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“The stars could have burned out around us, the moon could have fallen from the sky, and I wouldn't have known it. Not when he leaned indecently close and pressed his cheek against mine to murmur, "Tell me a secret."
I wanted him to tell me how he stopped time like that. How he read my mind. I wanted to admit I wondered if thoughts of me troubled him when he lay awake at night. But I could make none of that come to my lips....
Instead... I whispered back, "I've seen the future."
He didn't laugh. He didn't mock, not like he had done at Privalovna's performance. In the middle of our waltz, he stopped, nose to nose with me. He uncovered me with a look that somehow bared him, too.
And his question told me everything - that he stopped time because he needed me, that he read my mind because we were one. That I troubled his nights, indeed, because what he asked revealed it all.
"Am I with you there?”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Vespertine

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“Could you have possibly put more water between us?”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Vespertine

tags: adorable, love, nathaniel-witherspoon

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The 2nd annual Nothing but Reading Challenges' Best 'DRESS'ed Cover Poll. (2012 edition.)

Help us pick out the best DRESSed cover of 2012. If you don't see one of your favorites please feel free to add it. Just make sure you add it to the right dress category and that the cover came out in 2012. We have six categories:

- Red Click here to get to the Poll.
- White Click here to get to the Poll.
- Blue Click here to get to the Poll.
- Purple/Pink Click here to get to the Poll.
- Black/Miscellaneous Click here to get to the Poll.
- Yellow/Gold/Orange Click here to get to the Poll.

Each category has it's own poll and we'll pick the top 3 from each to go in a finally poll to determine which cover had the most beautiful dress. Enjoy!

The colors for this round are Yellow, Gold and Orange:

The Unfailing Light by Robin Bridges

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27 votes, 22.3%

Seven Nights in a Rogue's Bed by Anna Campbell

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16 votes, 13.2%

The Springsweet by Saundra Mitchell

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16 votes, 13.2%

Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal

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13 votes, 10.7%

Dreamspinner by Lynn Kurland

12 votes, 9.9%

My Scandalous Viscount by Gaelen Foley

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11 votes, 9.1%

Along Came A Duke by Elizabeth Boyle

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6 votes, 5.0%

The Shoemaker's Wife by Adriana Trigiani

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6 votes, 5.0%

Seducing Mr. Knightly by Maya Rodale

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4 votes, 3.3%

The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae by Stephanie Laurens

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3 votes, 2.5%

When the Duchess Said Yes by Isabella Bradford

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3 votes, 2.5%

Forbidden by Nicola Cornick

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1 vote, 0.8%

My Scandalous Viscount by Gaelen Foley (write-in)

1 vote, 0.8%

How a Lady Weds a Rogue by Katharine Ashe

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0 votes, 0.0%

The Secret Life of Lady Lucinda by Sophie Barnes

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0 votes, 0.0%

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