harvesting the heart jodi picoult summary

Picoult once told the New Hampshire Sunday News that her childhood was so idyllic she had no business becoming a writer. Picoult grew up in the Long Island hamlet of Nesconset in an upmarket housing development where streets bore names like Prince Charming Lane. Her father worked as a securities analyst, while her mother taught preschool. Jodi Lynn Picoult was born on May 19, 1966, on Long Island, New York, to Myron and Jane Picoult. The first of her five-series super-hero epic hit bookstores in 2007. Along the way, Picoult caught the eye of DC Comics, which hired her to write some plotlines for its Wonder Woman series. In 2007, Picoult’s 14th novel, Nineteen Minutes, debuted at No. Over the years, she has developed an ever-widening fan base that includes multiple generations of both male and female readers.

Picoult takes on hot-button issues, writing about school killings, child molestation, date rape, euthanasia, infidelity, and teen suicide. While each novel is unique, most include the same ingredients-a clever plot, a juicy topic, and a heart-rending family dilemma that forces her characters into a moral quagmire. S ince 1992, Jodi Picoult has been churning out bestselling novels at a rate of nearly one per year. Web site- Careerī egan career on Wall Street writing bond portfolios, 1987 wrote copy for an ad agency and taught eighth-grade English, late 1980s published first novel, 1992 became full-time writer, 1992.Īwards: New England Bookseller Award for Fiction, 2003 best fiction books of the year list, Washington Post, 2004 Margaret Alexander Edwards Award, American Library Association, for My Sister’s Keeper, 2004 Alex Award, Young Adult Library Services Association, for My Sister’s Keeper, 2005 Bookbrowse Diamond Award for novel of the year, for My Sister’s Keeper, 2005 Vermont Green Mountain Book Award, for My Sister’s Keeper, 2005 Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award, Illinois School Library Media Association, for My Sister’s Keeper, 2006 “Fearless Fiction” Award, Cosmopolitan, 2007. Education: Princeton University, bachelor’s degree in creative writing/English, 1987 Harvard University, master’s degree in education, 1990.Īddresses: Contact-Atria Books, 11th Flr., 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. B orn Jodi Lynn Picoult, May 19, 1966, in Long Island, New York daughter of Myron (a securities analyst) and Jane (a preschool teacher) Picoult married Timothy Warren Van Leer (an antiques dealer), Novemchildren: Kyle, Jake, Samantha.

Harvesting the heart jodi picoult summary