SOUTH FLORIDA

Get ready for Authors Showcase Series featuring author Anita Mitchell.

Anita Mitchell, author of God Took My Arms but He Gave me THIS GIFT  and kid's book The Swimmer with No Arms worked at WSVN-7 for 26 years as a field producer/assignment editor/ writer. Mitchell is    a member of Swim Fort Lauderdale since 2004 as a masters swimmer. Her book which chronicles Abbas Karimi's life was published in April 2024 a few months before the Paris Paralympic games and is now being produced into a documentary.  

Since 2017, Mitchell has served on the Board  of Directors of the Broward County Sports Hall of Fame and currently runs the writers group Bubbe’s Back Porch for the city of Fort Lauderdale Club 55 members. She has BA in Communications from Michigan State University and was part of the Journalism master's program at Florida International University.  

Anita was awarded a grant by the South Florida Writers Association to complete this rhyming Kindle edition children’s book “The Swimmer With No Arms”  which is based on “God took my arms but he gave me THIS GIFT.” 

The book can be purchased from Amazon by clicking here.​

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The Authors Showcase Series program provides a platform for members to discuss their books or writing process on YouTube and develop an audience for literary works. In addition to the video for marketing, the member also gets publicity and various promotional support from volunteers of the association by print, email and social media tools.

Please contact Dr. Cecilia Shaw, cvshawbooks@gmail.com, 

Authors Showcase Coordinator and Interviewer, for more information.