Susan Orlean

Susan Orlean has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1992, and has written profiles, Reporter at Large, columns, Talk of the Town, and Popular Chronicles on subjects ranging from taxidermy to umbrella inventors to figure skater Tonya Harding. Prior to joining The New Yorker, Orlean was a contributing ... (more)editor at Rolling Stone and at Vogue, where she wrote about figures in both the music and fashion industries. She has also contributed to Esquire, Smithsonian, and New York Times Magazine. In addition to her magazine work, Orlean is the author of seven books including My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who¹s Been Everywhere (2004); The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters with Extraordinary People (2000); Saturday Night (1990); and Lazy Little Loafers (2008). In 1999, she published The Orchid Thief, a best-selling narrative about orchid poachers in Florida. The Orchid Thief was made into the movie, "Adaptation," written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. She is currently writing a book about the dog actor Rin Tin Tin. Susan received her B.A. with honors from the University of Michigan in 1976 and attended Harvard University as a Nieman Fellow in 2004. She lives in upstate New York with her husband and son.

What do The New Yorker magazine and picture books have in common? Come meet Susan Orlean and find out. Reading from her first book, Lazy Little Loafers, you'll experience first hand how her keen wit and careful observations make this book a treat for all. Book signing to follow.

SUSAN ORLEAN, author of the Orchid Thief with her adorable new children’s picture book, Lazy Little Loafers.

SUSAN ORLEAN, author of the Orchid Thief, joins us with Lazy Little Loafers, her adorable new children’s picture book.

Big sisters and big brothers are welcome - as are children and parents. Refreshments will be served.

Join us for an afternoon with Susan Orlean and G. Brian Karas, author and illustrator of the new picture book Lazy Little Loafers.
Susan Orlean is a staff writer for the New Yorker. She is the author of several books, including The Orchid Thief, which was inspiration for the movie Adaption. She currently ... (more)resides in Pine Plains, NY and Los Angeles, CA.G. Brian Karas has written and illustrated several award-winning children's books, including On Earth and Home on the Bayou: A Cowboy's Story, a Boston Globe Horn Book Honor Book. The picture books he has illustrated include Are You Going to Be Good?, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book. Mr. Karas lives in Rhinebeck, New York.

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