Saundra Mitchell is a longtime screenwriter and author. Random House's Delacorte Press debuted her novel, Shadowed Summer, on February 10th, 2009. Shadowed Summer is a Junior Library Guild selection, for March 2009.

For almost ten years, she was the sole screenwriter for the Book of Stories, On the Road, Fresh Films and Girls in the Director's Chair short film series. In 2008, she headed and instructed the first Fresh Films Emerging Screenwriters program, and became the Head Writer and an Executive Producer for the film series.