About Jodi Picoult
Jodi Lynn Picoult ( PEE-koh; born 1966) is an American writer. As of 2026, Picoult has published 28 novels, several short stories, and has also written several issues of Wonder Woman. Approximately 40 million copies of her books are in print worldwide and have been translated into 34 languages. In 2003, she was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction. Picoult writes popular fiction which can be characterized as family saga, frequently centering story lines on moral dilemmas or procedural dramas which pit family members against one another. Over her writing career, Picoult has covered a wide range of controversial or moral issues, including abortion, the Holocaust, assisted suicide, race relations, eugenics, LGBT rights, fertility issues, religion, the death penalty, and school shootings. Picoult herself does not identify as a critically successful author, and has instead been described by Janet Maslin as "a solid, lively storyteller, even if she occasionally bogs down in lyrical turns of phrase." Picoult wrote her first story at age five, titled "The Lobster Which Misunderstood". Her first issue (number 6) was released on March 28, 2007, and her last was issue number 10, released on June 27, 2007. Picoult has published 28 novels and short stories, and has also written several issues of Wonder Woman.
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