Jaqueline Mitchell studied History of Art at Oxford Brookes where she gained an MA. She is a freelance writer, compiler, publisher and editor whose books focus on social, cultural and natural history. These include How to be a Good Parent (Bodleian Publishing, 2014), Blitz Spirit (Osprey, 2010) and Birds: An Anthology (Bodleian Publishing, 2020).
Jaqueline also worked as a commissioning editor in academic and general publishing for more than 30 years.
She has written and compiled three Britannica Guides for Constable and Robinson and Birds: An Anthology (2020) and three collections of Quotations on Cities (Paris, London and New York, 2014 to 2016) for Bodleian Library Publishing.