Jodi Picoult — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003
Authored 30 novels and several short stories, with approximately 40 million copies in print worldwide
Writes popular fiction characterized as family sagas, often centering on moral dilemmas and controversial issues
Wrote several issues of the DC Comics series Wonder Woman (vol. 3)
Holds an A.B. in English from Princeton University and a master's degree in education from Harvard University

Biography

Jodi Lynn Picoult is an American writer, born in 1966. As of 2026, she has published 30 novels and several short stories, with approximately 40 million copies of her books in print worldwide, translated into 34 languages. In 2003, she received the New England Bookseller Award for fiction.

Picoult writes popular fiction, often characterized as family sagas, which frequently center on moral dilemmas or procedural dramas that pit family members against one another.