Meet New York Times best-selling author of 23 novels and Brewster resident Jacquelyn Mitchard, who will be signing her new novel, The Birdwatcher.
A Zibby's Most Anticipated Book of Fall 2025, a signed copy of The Birdwatcher will make a perfect gift for lovers of twisty, gripping drama.
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Mitchard will preside over our second annual cookie contest.
Holiday Cookie Contest Rules
Bake a batch of your favorite sweet or savory holiday cookie
Write your ingredient list
Bring a dozen cookies and ingredient list to the store on Saturday 12/6 by 1:00 pm.
Two winners (sweet and a savory) will be selected and crowned “Brewster Book Store Baker of the Year”. In addition to bragging rights, winners will receive a $20 gift certificate.
Winners will be announced at 3pm Sunday afternoon.
Jacquelyn Mitchard is the New York Times bestselling author of 23 novels for adults and teenagers, and the recipient of Great Britain’s Talkabout prize, The Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson awards, and named to the short list for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Her first novel, The Deep End of the Ocean, was the inaugural selection of the Oprah Winfrey Book Club, with more than 3 million copies in print in 34 languages. It was later adapted into a major feature film starring Michelle Pfeiffer. Her novel Still Summer has also been adapted for a film still in production and her teen trilogy The Midnight Twins, is in development for a limited series by Kaleidoscope Entertainment. Her essay collection, The Rest of Us: Dispatches from the Mother Ship, was drawn from her newspaper column syndicated by Tribune Media. Mitchard’s essays also have been published in magazines worldwide, widely anthologized, and incorporated into school curricula. She served on the Fiction jury for the 2003 National Book Awards and was editor-in-chief of Merit Press, a Young Adult imprint under the aegis of Simon and Schuster.