Discipline: Literature – fiction

Jacquelyn Mitchard

Discipline: Literature – fiction
Region: Brewster, MA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2013

Jacquelyn MItchard is a Chicago native. She worked on her ninth novel for adults, Mercy, and her seventh novel for young adults, The Juliet Curse. Her second novel, The Most Wanted, was short listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Mitchard is the editor of Merit Press, a realistic young adult fiction imprint under the aegis of F&W Media.

Studios

Barnard

Jacquelyn Mitchard worked in the Barnard studio.

Originally built near MacDowell's Union Street entrance, the Barnard Studio — which was funded by Barnard College music students — was re-located to its current site in 1910. When the small structure was moved, its size was doubled with the addition of a second room. This remodeling, financed by Mrs. Thomas E. Emery of Cincinnati…

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