Jacquelyn Mitchard is an American journalist and author. She is renowned for her best-selling novel, The Deep End of the Ocean, which gained prominence as the first selection for Oprah's Book Club on September 17, 1996.

Her other remarkable works include The Breakdown Lane, Twelve Times Blessed, Christmas, Present, A Theory of Relativity, The Most Wanted, Cage of Stars, No Time to Wave Goodbye, Second Nature - A Love Story, and Still Summer.

Jacquelyn has also made significant contributions to the academic field as a professor of creative writing at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.