Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult (born 1966) is an American author. In 2003, she was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction.

Picoult was born and raised in Nesconset on Long Island, New York. Her first story, at age 5 was "The Lobster which misunderstood." She studied writing at Princeton University and had two short stories published by teen magazines while still in college. Immediately after graduation, Jodi found herself unable to make ends meet and in order to follow her lifelong dream of becoming an author, she took on a series of miscellaneous jobs extending from editing at a textbook publishing company to teaching eighth grade English classes. Soon after, she attended Harvard University to earn her master's degree in education.

Picoult's novels tend to center around human emotion and complex human relationships. Most of her books' storylines incorporate a criminal or civil case which lasts throughout the book's narrative, concluding shortly before the book ends. In books that don't follow this pattern, an attorney character is still often included.

Recently she has confirmed that she will be the new writer of DC Comics' Wonder Woman series later this year, following the departure of current writer Allan Heinberg after issue number five. Her first issue (#6) hit stands on March 28, 2007.

She is married to Tim Van Leer,[1] whom she met while in college. They, their three children and a handful of pets, live in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Nineteen Minutes, Picoult's latest novel, has become her first book to debut on #1 on the New York Times Bestsellers list.[2]

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Preceded by
Allan Heinberg		 Wonder Woman writer
2007		 Succeeded by
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