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Jodi Picoult was born in Nesconset, New York on May 19, 1966. She received a degree in creative writing from Princeton University in 1987 and a master's degree in education from Harvard University. She published two short stories in Seventeen magazine while still in college. Immediately after graduation, she landed a variety of jobs, ranging from editing textbooks to teaching eighth-grade English. Her first book, Songs of the Humpback Whale, was published in 1992. Her other works include Picture Perfect, Mercy, The Pact, Salem Falls, The Tenth Circle, Nineteen Minutes, Change of Heart, Handle with Care, House Rules, Sing You Home, Lone Wolf, Leaving Time, and Small Great Things. My Sister's Keeper was made into a movie starring Cameron Diaz. She received the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003. She also wrote five issues of the Wonder Woman comic book series for DC Comics. She writes young adult novels with her daughter Samantha van Leer including Between the Lines and Off the Page. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from My Sister's Keeper… (more)
My Sister's Keeper 20,199 copies, 680 reviews
Nineteen Minutes 10,343 copies, 359 reviews
The Pact 8,258 copies, 183 reviews
Plain Truth 6,533 copies, 154 reviews
The Tenth Circle 6,389 copies, 144 reviews
Vanishing Acts 5,655 copies, 115 reviews
House Rules (Author) 4,817 copies, 228 reviews
Change of Heart 4,761 copies, 160 reviews
Keeping Faith 4,462 copies, 78 reviews
Handle with Care 4,417 copies, 210 reviews
Salem Falls 4,210 copies, 70 reviews
Perfect Match 3,541 copies, 72 reviews
Small Great Things 3,356 copies, 213 reviews
Second Glance 3,335 copies, 66 reviews
Mercy 3,329 copies, 64 reviews
The Storyteller 3,256 copies, 162 reviews
Picture Perfect 2,862 copies, 46 reviews
Sing You Home 2,854 copies, 123 reviews
Harvesting the Heart 2,623 copies, 57 reviews
Lone Wolf 2,168 copies, 86 reviews
Songs of the Humpback Whale 2,132 copies, 39 reviews
A Spark of Light 1,581 copies, 95 reviews
Leaving Time 1,531 copies, 120 reviews
Between the Lines 1,445 copies, 92 reviews
Wish You Were Here 1,127 copies, 60 reviews
The Book of Two Ways 1,031 copies, 42 reviews
Mad Honey 834 copies, 50 reviews
Off the Page 569 copies, 21 reviews
Wonder Woman: Love and Murder 263 copies, 15 reviews
Where There's Smoke 254 copies, 24 reviews
Leaving Home: Short Pieces 95 copies, 4 reviews
Shine (short story) 83 copies, 6 reviews
The Color War 56 copies, 1 review
Mermaid 45 copies, 2 reviews
Choice 10 copies, 2 reviews
Broken Things 5 copies
Salem Falls [2018 TV movie] (Original novel) 5 copies
many books 1 copy
Pol zycia 1 copy
The Outsiders (Introduction, some editions) 19,412 copies, 666 reviews
Stories: All-New Tales (Contributor) 1,319 copies, 67 reviews
How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation (Contributor) 145 copies, 3 reviews
My Sister's Keeper [2009 film] (Author) 136 copies, 5 reviews
It's a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons (Contributor) 77 copies, 4 reviews
Last Night, a Superhero Saved My Life (Contributor) 56 copies, 2 reviews
The Pact [2002 TV movie] (Author) 1 copy

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