Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult
Picoult as the 2013 Harry Middleton Lecturer at the LBJ Presidential Library
Picoult as the 2013 Harry Middleton Lecturer at the LBJ Presidential Library
Born1966
Nesconset, New York, U.S.
OccupationNovelist
Alma mater
Period1992–present
SpouseTimothy Warren Van Leer (m. 1989)
Children3
Website
jodipicoult.com

Jodi Lynn Picoult (/ˈdʒoʊdi ˈpiːkoʊ/;[1] born 1966[2]) is an American writer. Picoult has published 28 novels and short stories, and has also written several issues of Wonder Woman.[3] Approximately 40 million copies of her books are in print worldwide[4] and have been translated into 34 languages.[5] In 2003, she was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction.[6]

Picoult writes popular fiction which can be characterized as family saga, frequently centering story lines on moral dilemmas or procedural dramas which pit family members against one another. Over her writing career, Picoult has covered a wide range of controversial or moral issues, including abortion, the Holocaust, assisted suicide, race relations, eugenics, LGBT rights, fertility issues, religion, the death penalty, and school shootings. She has been described by Janet Maslin as "a solid, lively storyteller, even if she occasionally bogs down in lyrical turns of phrase."[7]

  1. ^ "Jodi Picoult: Leaving Time". Nat Geo Live. National Geographic. December 1, 2014. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
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  3. ^ Kramer, Meloyd Joy; Silver, Marc (2006). "Jodi Picoult: You Can't Edit a Blank Page". npr.org. NPR. If it's writing time, I write. I may write garbage, but you can always edit garbage. You can't edit a blank page
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  5. ^ Yabroff, Jennie (April 11, 2009). "Does Jodi Picoult Hurt Literature?". Newsweek. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
  6. ^ "New England Book Awards". New England Independent Booksellers Association. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
  7. ^ Geoff Hamilton and Brian Jones (2010), Encyclopedia of Contemporary Writers and Their Works, Infobase Publishing