Jodi Picoult was born on May 19, 1966 in the USA as Jodi Lynn Picoult. She is a writer, known for My Sister's Keeper (2009), Plain Truth (2004) and The Tenth Circle (2008). She has been married to Timothy Warren van Leer since November 18, 1989. They have three children.
Goodreads Choice Awards Best Fiction, Mary Higgins Clark Award, Goodreads Choice Awards Favorite Book
Movies
Salem Falls, My Sister's Keeper, The Tenth Circle, Plain Truth, The Pact
Star Sign
Taurus
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There's this image of America as the land of the free and the home of the brave, and there are so many wonderful things about it that we take for granted. But on the other hand it is a country with a large, deep schism running through the middle of it, an ideological schism, and it's often a fault line that's caused by religion. Whether it's abortion or gun control or gay rights or the death penalty, where you fall on those issues tends to align with what your personal beliefs are in terms of religion. For a country that was founded on the separation of church and state, that sometimes is incredibly depressing.
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on her book 'The Color War'] I wanted to focus on that dichotomy between the good-hearted white person who is trying to offer charity and yet maybe is pushing on someone who does not want it or need it. Maybe charity is not just about what you can give, but what you can learn from a certain person.
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If a woman writes about family and about the connections between people and what it means to be alive in this day and time, it's called women's fiction. And if a man does it, it's nominated for a National Book Award. What - you can't have a heart and penis? That doesn't make sense.
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My husband is this amazing guy who is very strong and outdoorsy. And he has always said,' I don't want to be alive if I can't move. Just pull the plug'. My take on this is, if I can type with my tongue, I'm good. As long as I have an outlet for my imagination, I like the idea of sticking around.
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Fact
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Lives in Hanover, New Hampshire.
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Met her husband at Princeton University.
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Her first novel to debut at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List was 'Nineteen Minutes'.
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Worked as a textbook editor, technical writer, and taught eighth grade English.
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Graduated from Princeton University in 1987. Earned her master's degree in education from Harvard University.
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Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, Volume 170, pages 320-323. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, Cengage Learning, 2008.
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Children: Kyle, Jacob and Sammy.
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Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors". New Revision Series, vol. 138, pages 362-364. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Salem Falls
2011
TV Movie novel
My Sister's Keeper
2009
novel
The Tenth Circle
2008
TV Movie novel
Plain Truth
2004
TV Movie novel
The Pact
2002
TV Movie novel
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Plain Truth
2004
TV Movie special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
CBS This Morning
2014-2016
TV Series
Herself - Author, Small Great Things / Herself - Co-Author, Off the Page / Herself - Author, Leaving Time
$18 Million
