Todd Mitchell is the author of the middle grade novels The Last Panther (Delacorte Press, Green Earth Honor Book Award winner) and The Traitor King (Scholastic Press, Colorado Book Award Finalist), and the young adult novels The Secret to Lying (Candlewick Press, Colorado Book Award Winner), and Backwards (Candlewick Press, Colorado Authors League Award Winner). He created the graphic series Broken Saviors (available on Comixology), and co-wrote the graphic novel A Flight of Angels (Vertigo, a YALSA "Top 10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens" pick). Currently, he serves as Director of the Beginning Creative Writing Teaching Program at Colorado State University. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado with his wife, dog, and two wise daughters. You can visit him (and learn about his squirrel obsession) at www.ToddMitchellBooks.com.

Website: www.ToddMitchellBooks.com

Twitter Username: @tmitchellbooks

Publications

• The Last Panther , Delacorte Press (August 22, 2017)
• Backwards , Candlewick Press (October 8, 2013)
• The Secret to Lying , Candlewick Press (June 8, 2010)
• The Traitor King , Scholastic Press (April 1, 2007)

Awards

• Green Earth Honor Book Award(2018)
• CAL Book Award(2014)
• Colorado Book Award(2011)

Employment

• Assistant Professor, Director of the Beginning Creative Writing Teaching Program at Colorado State University (August 2009 - )

Degrees

• Bachelor of Arts in English from Oberlin College (May 1996)
• Master of Fine Arts in Fiction from Colorado State University (May 2002)

Genres of Interest

Fiction, Creative nonfiction, Children's literature