Todd Mitchell (author) facts for kids

Todd Mitchell, born on January 8, 1974, is an American author. He writes books for young people, including novels for middle schoolers and teenagers. He also creates graphic novels, which are like comic books but with longer stories. Besides writing, Todd Mitchell teaches creative writing at Colorado State University.

About Todd Mitchell's Writing Career

Todd Mitchell teaches creative writing at Colorado State University. He also helps new teachers learn how to teach writing to others.

His First Books and Stories

His first book, The Traitor King, came out in 2007. It was published by Scholastic, a well-known publisher of children's books. He later published this book again himself in 2012.

In 2017, he released another book called The Last Panther. This story takes place in Florida in a future where the world has changed a lot. The book talks about important environmental issues, like how the Earth's climate is changing.

Todd Mitchell also writes graphic novels. In 2011, his story "The Guardian" was part of a graphic novel collection called A Flight of Angels. Later, in 2017, he started publishing his own graphic novel series called Broken Saviors.

Books Becoming Movies

In 2019, a company called Good Neighbors Media bought the rights to make a movie or TV show from his book The Naming Girl. This book had not even been published yet! Jennifer Phang was chosen to direct the project.

Awards and Recognitions

Todd Mitchell's books have won some cool awards:

• For his book Backwards, he won the Best YA Book award from the Colorado Authors' League in 2014.
• His book The Last Panther won the Colorado Book Award in Juvenile Literature in 2018.