Audio Books by Jodi Picoult
Born and raised in Nesconset on Long Island, New York, Picoult wroter her first story at age 5, entitled "The Lobster Which Misunderstood." She studied writing at Princeton University, and graduated in 1987.
She published two short stories in Seventeen magazine while still in college. Immediately after graduation, she landed a variety of jobs, ranging from editing textbooks to teaching eighth-grade English. She earned a master's degree in education from Harvard University. Picoult's novels tend to centre on human emotion, complex human relationships and pose moral dilemmas.
Most of her books involve a criminal or civil case which last the duration of the book. In books that do not follow this pattern, an attorney character is still often present. She became the writer of DC Comics' Wonder Woman (vol. 3) series following the departure of fellow writer Allan Heinberg. Her first issue was released on March 28, 2007, and her last was issue #10 (released on June 27, 2007). She is married to Tim Van Leer, whom she met while in college.
Change of Heart, Picoult's latest novel is about a man on death row who wants to donate his heart to the surviving ailing daughter of the woman whose husband and other daughter he murdered.
