At a Glance

Full Name: Jodi Picoult

How to Pronounce: jo-dee pi-koh

Born: May 19, 1966

Nationality: American

Education:

• Princeton University (AB, Creative Writing)
• Harvard University (MA, Education)

Genres:

• contemporary fiction
• legal fiction
• psychological fiction
• domestic fiction
• romance

Biography & Background

Jodi Picoult Biography

Jodi Picoult is a best-selling American author known for her emotionally charged contemporary fiction that explores complex moral and ethical dilemmas. Raised on Long Island, New York, she developed a passion for storytelling early in life, writing her first short story at age five. She went on to study creative writing at Princeton University, graduating in 1985, and later pursued a master’s in education from Harvard, which she completed in 1990. Her debut novel, Songs of the Humpback Whale, published in 1992.

Since then, Picoult has written over 30 novels that have sold more than 40 million copies worldwide.