“Picoult writes with unassuming brilliance.”

— Stephen King

“It's hard to exaggerate how well Picoult writes.”

— Financial Times

“Nothing is ever all said and done in a Picoult novel. One can imagine the ripples of these characters' lives echoing on and on, even after the last page has been turned. Odds are, you'll wish you hadn't turned it. ”

— San Antonio Express-News

“Picoult is a rare writer who delivers book after book, a winning combination of the literary and the commercial.”

—Entertainment Weekly

“Picoult writes with a fine touch, a sharp eye for detail, and a firm grasp of the delicacy and complexity of human relationships.”

—The Boston Globe

“Picoult has become a master-almost a clairvoyant-at targeting hot issues and writing highly readable page-turners about them…It is impossible not to be held spellbound by the way she forces us to think, hard, about right and wrong.”

—The Washington Post

Are you an educator looking to use 19 minutes for an anti-bullying curriculum?

I recently had the opportunity to witness a leadership conference in Connecticut, where seventy-five high school students from the greater Hartford, CT area all came together to discuss Improving School Climates, using 19 Minutes as a springboard for discussion. The moderators, JoAnn Freiberg and Nancy Pugliese - both working with the State Dept. of Education - created a curriculum and format that they have kindly volunteered to let me post on this website so that other educators can benefit from it! Using a “fishbowl discussion” format, they used excerpts from the book and based questions off those excerpts for discussion.

Resources for educators: an anti-bullying curriculum and format:

At the day’s end, students split up by school and formulated action steps that they could take away from their discussion to use in their own school settings. It was an amazing event to witness - to see kids committed to being the change they want to see in the world. If you have any further questions, you can contact joann.freiberg@gmail.com.

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Jodi Picoult and the Anxious Parent By Ginia Bellafante, New York Times Sunday Magazine: June 21, 2009

World Service interview » Fri, 19 June 2009. Carrie Gracie asks Jodi about her views on books and life. (16MB mp3 - Duration: 33 mins.)

THE DVD of MY SISTER’S KEEPER, starring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, and Sofia Vassilieva, arrives November 17!

Slideshow: AT the NYC premiere of MY SISTER'S KEEPER!
Take a peek at the trailer.
Jodi joins PBS anchor Bob Abernethy on WNET's Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly for a provocative discussion about the difficult ethical issues raised by genetic engineering (video & transcript).

Handle With Care hit bookstores on March 3! It’s is about a family struggling to deal with their young daughter’s rare bone disease. Might it have been better if she had never been born? You can learn a little more about the story by watching the video trailer. Check out the new family photos, and stop by the Podcast area to hear the latest podcast: The Story Behind Handle With Care. You can Listen online or download the mp3 and listen on your iPod!

Jodi joins BBC radio host Simon Mayo to talk about Handle with Care (on the “Daily Mayo” afternoon show ~ BBC Radio 5 live ~ mp3 podcast ~ April 27, 2009).

Book news:

The first review for Handle With Care…

“Perennial bestseller Picoult (Change of Heart) delivers another engrossing family drama, spiced with her trademark blend of medicine, law and love. . . . Picoult individualizes the alternating voices of the narrators more believably than she has previously, and weaves in subplots to underscore the themes of hope, regret, identity and family, leading up to her signature closing twists.”
—Publisher’s Weekly »

Has your book club read Change of Heart yet? It’s new in paperback, and debuted on the New York Times list at #1. I promise it will shake you up, and make you think about some really tough issues that face our country. Watch the video trailer, or browse some discussion questions.

Got digital?

Visit audible.com for digital audiobooks by Jodi Picoult. Jodi's 13 unabridged audiobooks from Audible (see complete listing) can be downloaded and played back on the Apple iPod, personal computers, and wireless mobile devices and burned on to CDs. Audible.com also offers The Jodi Picoult Collection, which contains four of Jodi Picoult's most riveting novels: My Sister's Keeper, Second Glance, Vanishing Acts, and The Tenth Circle.

New videos —my publisher’s put together two little behind–the–scenes videos of me! One shows me on book tour in Rome, with my daughter… the second invites you to my lake house, with me and my three kids!

Jodi’s latest: Handle With Care

Learn about Jodi’s new novel, Handle With Care. You’ll find an excerpt, resources for further information, and discussion questions for your book club. Find out what others are saying about Handle With Care.

Celebrate the arrival of Handle With Care: listen to a podcast about the research behind the book… and check back frequently to hear newly uploaded podcasts…including original short stories by Jodi!

Can’t wait till 2010? Take a peek at Jodi’s next book, House Rules. It’s the story of a teenager with Asperger’s syndrome – a smart, quirky kid with a passion for crime scene analysis - who winds up on trial for murder. Read an excerpt… »

Jodi was only the second woman to write the Wonder Woman comic book series. Her five issues have been collected in a book called Wonder Woman: Love and Murder. »

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What’s New:

Visit Audible for digital audiobooks by Jodi Picoult. Jodi's 13 unabridged audiobooks from Audible (see complete listing) can be downloaded and played back on the Apple iPod, personal computers, and wireless mobile devices and burned on to CDs. Audible also offers The Jodi Picoult Collection, which contains four of Jodi Picoult's most riveting novels: My Sister's Keeper, Second Glance, Vanishing Acts, and The Tenth Circle.

Which of Jodi’s novels are you reading? click on a book jacket (below) and find book club discussion questions, a brief synopsis, excerpts, kudos, and maybe even a movie or podcast!