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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 20,578 copies, 681 reviews
Nineteen Minutes 10,443 copies, 360 reviews
The Pact 8,438 copies, 186 reviews
Plain Truth 6,612 copies, 156 reviews
The Tenth Circle 6,447 copies, 144 reviews
Vanishing Acts 5,733 copies, 116 reviews
House Rules (Author) 5,031 copies, 232 reviews
Change of Heart 4,818 copies, 161 reviews
Keeping Faith 4,493 copies, 78 reviews
Handle with Care 4,477 copies, 212 reviews
Salem Falls 4,271 copies, 71 reviews
Perfect Match 3,609 copies, 72 reviews
Small Great Things 3,527 copies, 212 reviews
Mercy 3,380 copies, 64 reviews
Second Glance 3,370 copies, 67 reviews
The Storyteller 3,365 copies, 162 reviews
Sing You Home 2,914 copies, 125 reviews
Picture Perfect 2,898 copies, 46 reviews
Harvesting the Heart 2,654 copies, 60 reviews
Lone Wolf 2,219 copies, 87 reviews
Songs of the Humpback Whale 2,165 copies, 39 reviews
A Spark of Light 1,675 copies, 95 reviews
Leaving Time 1,583 copies, 123 reviews
Between the Lines 1,483 copies, 92 reviews
Wish You Were Here 1,261 copies, 66 reviews
The Book of Two Ways 1,112 copies, 43 reviews
Mad Honey 1,048 copies, 56 reviews
Off the Page 586 copies, 21 reviews
Wonder Woman: Love and Murder 268 copies, 15 reviews
Where There's Smoke 257 copies, 25 reviews
Leaving Home: Short Pieces 94 copies, 4 reviews
Shine (short story) 82 copies, 6 reviews
The Color War 56 copies, 1 review
Mermaid 46 copies, 2 reviews
Choice 11 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) 19,990 copies, 665 reviews
Stories: All-New Tales (Contributor) 1,346 copies, 65 reviews
How I Resist: Activism and Hope for a New Generation (Contributor) 150 copies, 3 reviews
My Sister's Keeper [2009 film] (Author) 138 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) 59 copies, 2 reviews
The Pact [2002 TV movie] (Author) 1 copy

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