To invite Jackie to speak, please contact:
Arlynn Greenbaum
Authors Unlimited
31 East 32nd Street, Suite 300
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 481-8484 Fax: (212) 481-9582
Jackie has lectured or taught student seminars at:
Notre Dame University, Northeastern University, University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Alverno College, Mount Mary College, Brigham Young University,
Brandeis University, University of Illinois/Urbana and others.
Jackie has been a main stage speaker at literary events including:
Book Expo of America, The American Library Association, The Miami Book
Fair, The Los Angeles Book Fair, Printers Row Book Fair, The Heartland
Writers Society, The Chicago Public Library.
Jackie has taught at conference including:
The Maui Writers Conference, The Springfed Arts Lake Walloon Writers
Conference, The Ragdale Foundation
She has spoken at literary events for groups including:
The Junior League, Zonta, Tempo, The Northern Trust, Women Against MS,
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society, The American Association of
University Women, The Hoffman Breast Center, Mount Auburn Hospital, PGA
Golfers’ Wives Association, the American Nurses’ Association.
Topics include healing through creativity, the conflict between work and
family, the writing life, raising gifted and learning disabled children,
families surviving cancer, fiction and society and the role of libraries
in American culture.
Endorsements:
"Jacquelyn Mitchard is an engaging and warm speaker. With humor and
humanity, she is able to inspire the audience and touch both your heart
and your soul. She has a way of bringing out your best emotions and her
spirit and laughter are contagious. When you leave her lecture, you will
have a smile on your face and a tear in your eye. She's wonderful! "
— Jeanne Oates Angulo, Former Chapter President,
National Capital Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
"Once you hear Jackie Mitchard speak, you will never forget her.
Thankfully, for her fans, she has a lot to say. Her humanity and her
humor shine through in stories of sorrow and joy as she speaks about
writing and real life."
— Alice Hoffman, bestselling author and founder of the
Hoffman Breast Center