The last two book reviews on the blog post have been fascinating novels, by the highly regarded
author Jodi Picoult.
Jodi Picoult is the bestselling author of of twenty-three novels including, Picture Perfect(1995), Mercy (1996), The Pact (1998), Keeping Faith (1999), . Her last eight novels have debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. Her books are translated into thirty four languages in thirty five countries.
Jodi is part of the Writer's Council for the National Writing Project, which recognises the universality of writing as a communicative tool and helps teachers enhance student writing. She is a spokesperson for Positive Tracks/Children's Hospital at Dartmouth, which supports youth-led charity fundraising through athletics; and is on the advisory committee of the New Hampshire Coalition Against the Death Penalty. She is also the founder and executive producer of the Trumbull Hall Troupe, a New Hampshire-based teen theater group that performs original musicals to raise money for local charities; to date their contributions have exceeded $100K. She and her husband Tim and their three children live in Hanover, New Hampshire with two Springer spaniels, two rescue puppies, two donkeys, two geese, ten chickens, a smattering of ducks, and the occasional Holstein.
Jodi is part of the Writer's Council for the National Writing Project, which recognises the universality of writing as a communicative tool and helps teachers enhance student writing. She is a spokesperson for Positive Tracks/Children's Hospital at Dartmouth, which supports youth-led charity fundraising through athletics; and is on the advisory committee of the New Hampshire Coalition Against the Death Penalty. She is also the founder and executive producer of the Trumbull Hall Troupe, a New Hampshire-based teen theater group that performs original musicals to raise money for local charities; to date their contributions have exceeded $100K. She and her husband Tim and their three children live in Hanover, New Hampshire with two Springer spaniels, two rescue puppies, two donkeys, two geese, ten chickens, a smattering of ducks, and the occasional Holstein.
To read more her Australian website provides a lovely insight into the author, her life and the writing of her books. http://jodipicoult.com.au/
below read an extract from Jodi Picoult's Interview with New York Times - Feb 08 2013
Terrible things happen to your characters. Your new book, “The Storyteller,” features a woman in Auschwitz. Past characters have included victims of a school shooting and parents of kids born with horrible diseases. Is it a little sadistic to put your characters through all this?
I don’t think I’m sadistic. I’m superstitious. There’s a part of me that illogically believes if I write about a child with cancer, then my kids are going to be safe. If I write about a school shooting, it won’t happen where we live. If I write about infidelity, then my marriage is going to be safe. Of course it does not work that way, and I know that.
I don’t think I’m sadistic. I’m superstitious. There’s a part of me that illogically believes if I write about a child with cancer, then my kids are going to be safe. If I write about a school shooting, it won’t happen where we live. If I write about infidelity, then my marriage is going to be safe. Of course it does not work that way, and I know that.
So there’s actually a neurosis behind this?
Oh, gosh, of course there is.
Oh, gosh, of course there is.
What did you, an author of serial No. 1 best sellers, make of “50 Shades of Grey”?
E. L. James has been upfront about the fact that this was “Twilight” fan fiction. As a writer, I find it pretty reprehensible that someone who began a story cycle with somebody else’s created characters would go on to make gobs of money off those characters simply by slapping new names on them. Honestly, if I were Stephenie Meyer, I wouldn’t have been that gracious.
Jodi Picoult's Interview with Ellen
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