Jodi Picoult

Author

Jodi Picoult is one of America's most prolific and bestselling novelists, known for her emotionally complex stories that explore moral dilemmas, family dynamics, and controversial social issues. Born in 1966 on Long Island, New York, she studied Creative Writing at Princeton University and earned a master's in education from Harvard... University. She published her first novel at the age of twenty-six and has since written over thirty novels. Picoult's books consistently debut at number one on the New York Times bestseller list and have sold over forty million copies worldwide in forty languages. Her novels — including My Sister's Keeper, Nineteen Minutes, Small Great Things, The Book of Two Ways, and Wish You Were Here — tackle subjects from racism and gun violence to organ donation and the criminal justice system, always through the lens of deeply personal stories. Mad Honey, co-written with Jennifer Finney Boylan, explores themes of identity and domestic abuse through alternating perspectives. Many of her novels have been adapted for film and television. Picoult is celebrated for her meticulous research, her ability to present multiple sides of contentious issues, and her gift for making readers question their own assumptions. Her audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers fiction that entertains while provoking genuine moral reflection. Read more Show less