Jodi Picoult

Name: Jodi Picoult
Born: Nesconset, New York.
Date of birth:  May 19 1966
Age: 49
Nationality: American
Education: Harvard University, Princeton University
Movies based on her books: My Sister's Keeper, The Pact, Plain Truth, The Tenth Circle, Salem Falls
Awards/Nominations: Goodreaders Choice Awards Best Fiction, Goodreaders Choices Favorite Book, Mary Higgins Clark Award
Number of copies of her book in the world: 14 million
Co-writer: Her daughter Samantha van Leer
Bestselling author of 23 novels:
Songs of the Humpback Whale (1992)

Harvesting the Heart (1994)
Picture Perfect (1995)
Mercy(1996)
The Pact (1998)
Keeping Faith (1999)
Plain Truth (2000)
Salem Falls (2001)
Perfect Match (2002
Second Glance (2003)
My Sister's Keeper (2004)
Vanishing Acts (2005)
The Tenth Circle (2006)
Nineteen Minutes (2007)
Change of Heart (2008)
Handle With Care (2009)
House Rules (2010)
Sing You Home (2011)
Lone Wolf (2012)
Between The Lines (2012)
The Storyteller (2013)
What inspired Jodi to write 'My Sisters Keeper"? Jodi always thought she was living something like a double life. Shes written stories involving conflicts such as teen suicide, sexual abuse.. etc, but she never expected to encounter one herself. At age 5, her middle son Jake had been diagnosed with cholesteatoma, he had a tumour in his ear. As the tumour progressed, she was told that her son had another tumour in his other ear. Jodi realized she was lucky because at least Jake would survive, the worst that could happen would be losing his hearing. Years later, she wrote My Sisters Keeper. At first, she wanted the story to be in a first person omniscient perspective, but she realized she wanted readers to know how difficult it is for other family members too. The mother of the story, Sara is inspired by Jodi's own feelings and actions while her son was sick.