meet the author

J.P. Mitchell

J.P. Mitchell is a word nerd. She is an educator, author, speaker and coach who empowers thinkers to link vision to opportunity through the power of words. On any given day, you can find her writing at the nexus of identity, intellect and inspiration.   A writer since childhood, she believes that identity, inspiration, vision and strategy all come alive through the tip of a pen.  It is her dream that all adults who have been marred by the “trauma by the red pen” get access to a redeeming relationship with writing that can change everything…and likewise, she wants all students to have the same.  Good writing starts with good reading–the other side of the coin she loves.  This book is a way of contributing to the body of children’s literature that leaves readers lifted, inspired and empowered.

Sweet Fire is J.P.’s way of speaking “life over limitations” to the boxes that girls find themselves bound by…In particular, the book is a love letter to the girls like her who longed to see themselves in books growing up but didn’t–and the messages she wished they’d heard. 

J.P. Mitchell lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband, son and daughter.