Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult
Jodi Lynn Picoultis an American author. She was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction in 2003. Picoult currently has approximately 14 million copies of her books in print worldwide...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth19 May 1966
CountryUnited States of America
thinking firsts first-time
And I think, not for the first time, that what is immoral is not always wrong.
children hate firsts
As Lacy waited for her turn to speak on Peter's behalf, she thought back to the first time she realized she could hate her own child.
firsts way enough
I knew her well enough to understand that when Delia pushed you away, it was her way of making sure she didn't get shoved first.
want firsts found
It was the first time she'd discovered something she really didn't want to find, and she didn't know what to do once she'd found it.
fall firsts never-forget
you never forget your first fall.
believe bamboo firsts
The human capacity for burden is like bamboo- far more flexible than you'd ever believe at first glance.
heart soul firsts
The first person you fell in love with stole your heart. The first person you made love with stole your soul. And if these were one and the same, you were doomed.
characters create ordinary people
You have to create characters who will whisk people away from their ordinary lives.
admit bed beneath betrayal both deep digging felt matter mattress point shifted stone
Betrayal was a stone beneath the mattress of the bed you shared, something you felt digging into you no matter how you shifted position. What was the point of being able to forgive, when deep down, you both had to admit you'd never forget?
happening horrible keeping kids shoulder spit
I write about all the horrible things that can happen to kids as a way of keeping those things from happening to mine. Write the books, spit three times over your shoulder and you're safe.
ill
With a chronically ill child, there is only so much you can do for your other kids.
dry eventually hours involved natural selection since speaking talked wondered
She wondered how many hours it had been since she'd talked out loud. If you didn't use your voice, ever, would it eventually shrivel up and dry away? Was there a natural selection involved in not speaking up?
above case computer five issues letters pictures shelf spell wrote
On a shelf above my computer are five letters that spell out W-R-I-T-E. Just in case I forget why I'm there. I also have 'Wonder Woman' paraphernalia from when I wrote five issues of the comic, and pictures of my husband and kids.
deserves points readers represent
I think the reason these readers come back to me is because I represent their points of view. It may not be my point of view, but that's OK. Everyone still deserves to have their say.