| 8,392 (13,222) | 461 | 2,499 | (3.86) | 11 | 0 | Susan Orlean is a staff writer for The New Yorker and has also written for Outside, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and Vogue. She graduated from the University of Michigan and worked as a reporter in Portland, Oregon, and Boston, Massachusetts. Orlean is the author of The Orchid Thief and Rin Tin Tin: The Life and Legend. She now lives in New York City and can be reached via the internet at www.susanorlean.com (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Library Book … (more) |
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Susan Orlean has 13 past events. (show)  Links and Friends 7 pm | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 American journalist, former New Yorker staff writer, and contributing editor for Rolling Stone and Vogue Susan Orlean READING, Q&A, BOOKSIGNING Presented by the Yavapai College Southwest Literary Series Susan Orlean’s book, Orchid Thief was a national New York Times bestseller and inspired an Academy Award winning film called Adaptation, starring Meryl Streep (as Susan Orlean), Nicholas Cage, and Chris Cooper.
Enjoy a special free screening of Adaptation, Saturday, February 28th at 5:30 pm at Yavapai College Library Community Room in conjunction with the Prescott Film Festival.
Please Note: This is an offsite event at the Yavapai College Library, Susan N. Webb Community Room, Building 19, Room 147.
About Susan Orlean's Books
“He believed the dog was immortal.” So begins Susan Orlean’s sweeping, powerfully moving story of Rin Tin Tin’s journey from orphaned puppy to movie star and international icon. From the moment in 1918 when Corporal Lee Duncan discovers Rin Tin Tin on a World War I battlefield, he recognizes something in the pup that he needs to share with the world. Rin Tin Tin’s improbable introduction to Hollywood leads to the dog’s first blockbuster film and over time, the many radio programs, movies, and television shows that follow. The canine hero’s legacy is cemented by Duncan and a small group of others who devote their lives to keeping him and his descendants alive. …… In Susan Orlean’s mesmerizing true story of beauty and obsession is John Laroche, a renegade plant dealer and sharply handsome guy, in spite of the fact that he is missing his front teeth and has the posture of al dente spaghetti. In 1994, Laroche and three Seminole Indians were arrested with rare orchids they had stolen from a wild swamp in south Florida that is filled with some of the world's most extraordinary plants and trees. Laroche had planned to clone the orchids and then sell them for a small fortune to impassioned collectors. After he was caught in the act, Laroche set off one of the oddest legal controversies in recent memory, which brought together environmentalists, Native American activists, and devoted orchid collectors. The result is a tale that is strange, compelling, and hilarious.
New Yorker writer Susan Orlean followed Laroche through swamps and into the eccentric world of Florida’s orchid collectors, a subculture of aristocrats, fanatics, and smugglers whose obsession with plants is all-consuming. Along the way, Orlean learned the history of orchid collecting, discovered an odd pattern of plant crimes in Florida, and spent time with Laroche’s partners, a tribe of Seminole Indians who are still at war with the United States.
About Susan Orlean
Susan Orlean has earned a reputation as one of America’s most distinctive journalistic voices. A staff writer for the New Yorker for more than twenty years and a former contributing editor at Rolling Stone and Vogue. Orlean’s most recent book, Rin Tin Tin, explores the life and legacy of the iconic German shepherd. Her book The Orchid Thief was a national bestseller that inspired the Academy Award-winning film Adaptation. Meryl Streep, who portrayed Orlean in the film, was nominated for an Academy Award, as were costars Nicholas Cage and Chris Cooper and writer Charlie Kaufman. Her story of young women surfing in Maui also was made into the film, Blue Crush. In a career spanning more than three decades, Orlean has written for many national publications including Outside, Esquire, and The Boston Globe, and has served as an editor for Best American Essays and Best American Travel Writing. Her journalism has been compiled into two collections: The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters with Extraordinary People and My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who’s Been Everywhere. Orlean lives in Los Angeles and upstate New York, where she is a parent, dog owner, gardener, and occasional teacher. Find out more about Susan Orlean »
Location: Street: Yavapai College Library Additional: Susan N. Webb Community Room, Building 19, Room 147 City: Prescott, Province: Arizona Postal Code: 86302 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
 The BROKEN COMPASS ADVENTURE BOOK CLUB at Books Inc. Mountain View The BROKEN COMPASS ADVENTURE BOOK CLUB will discuss The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean. Location: Books Inc. Street: 301 Castro St City: Mountain View, Province: California Country: United States (added from IndieBound)
 Adaptation Screening and Book Talk In collaboration with The Big Picture House, Nightbird Books will be screening the 2002 film, Adaptation, starring Nicholas Cage, Chris Cooper, and Meryl Streep and adapted from the novel, The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean. Since this movie comes from a book, we will have the book available all month and have an opportunity to discuss it at the screening. While his latest movie Being John Malkovich is in production, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is hired by Valerie Thomas to adapt Susan Orlean's non-fiction book The Orchid Thief for the screen. Thomas bought the movie rights before Orlean wrote the book, when it was only an article in The New Yorker. The book details the story of rare orchid hunter John Laroche, whose passion for orchids and horticulture made Orlean discover passion and beauty for the first time in her life. Charlie wants to be faithful to the book in his adaptation, but despite Laroche himself being an interesting character in his own right, Charlie is having difficulty finding enough material in Laroche to fill a movie, while equally not having enough to say cinematically about the beauty of orchids. At the same time, Charlie is going through other issues in his life. His insecurity as a person doesn't allow him to act upon his feelings for Amelia Kavan, who is interested in him as a man. And Charlie's twin brother,... Trailer
Location: Street: 205 W Dickson St City: Fayetteville, Province: Arkansas Postal Code: 72701 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
 Not Fiction Book Discussion
Evenings with Authors - Susan Orlean susan orlean reads from Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend. Wednesday, October 17 at 7:30PM Cost: $20 for adults; $18 for students and seniors Columbus Museum of Art 480 E. Broad Street “An astonishing story…” - Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) In, Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the LegendCleveland native, New Yorker writer, and author of the bestseller, The Orchid Thief, Susan Orlean has written a love letter to the star of the silent screen and TV with some 40 million fans worldwide. Orlean provides a detailed account of Rinty’s life and times, while also discussing the emotional connections people make with animals. The book chronicles stories of a group of Rin Tin Tin devotees, including the owner of the original dog, using her keen reporter’s to reveal unusual yet compelling details about these people and their love for Rinty. Susan lives in New York State. (astults)… (more) Event location: Columbus Museum of Art 480 E. Broad Street.
 WRITERS IN THE LIMELIGHT: SUSAN ORLEAN "RIN TIN TIN: THE LIFE AND LEGEND" ON-SCREEN AUTHOR TALK & INTERVIEW AT THE PICKFORD LIMELIGHT CINEMA Pickford Film Center & Village Books present "Writers in the Limelight." Join us for the screening of lectures and presentations from some of the most celebrated voices in the humanities, arts, and sciences. In conversation with Alexandra Horowitz, bestselling author of Inside of a Dog, Susan Orlean discusses her book Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend in this special movie showing at the Pickford Limelight Cinema. (Author is not attending this event).
A staff writer for The New Yorker since 1992, Susan Orlean won widespread fame for her 1998 New York Times bestseller, The Orchid Thief, about a real-life renegade plant dealer in the swamps of South Florida. The book was the inspiration for the Academy Award-winning movie Adaptation, directed by Spike Jonze. Orlean is the author of seven other books, including Animalish and Saturday Night. In Rin Tin Tin, Orlean reconstructs Corporal Lee Duncan’s serendipitous 1918 rescue of the German shepherd who would become his beloved companion and an enduring American icon. Bestselling author Rebecca Skloot calls the book, "an incredible story about America, the human-animal bond, and the countless ways we would be lost without dogs by our side, on our screens, and in our books."
This on-screen author talk will be showing at the Pickford Film Center's Limelight Cinema. The program includes the 65 minute feature "The Return of Rin Tin Tin" (1947) starring Robert Blake. Village Books is pleased to co-sponsor this event and will have Susan Orlean's books for sale at the cinema the day of the event. Tickets are available through the Pickford Film Center.
Location: Street: 1416 Cornwall Ave Additional: Pickford Film Center Limelight Cinema City: Bellingham, Province: Washington Postal Code: 98225-7015 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)
2010 Fall Literary Festival Susan OrleanSusan 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 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. (libri_amor)… (more) Event location: Ernest F. Hollings Library Program Room
PEN/Faulkner Reading Series
Susan Orlean Susan Orlean reads from Lazy Little Loafers. 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. (karenharris) Event location: The Reading Library
SUSAN ORLEAN Susan OrleanSUSAN ORLEAN, author of the Orchid Thief with her adorable new children’s picture book, Lazy Little Loafers. (booksense)
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