Jodi Picoult
Author Interview - Jodi Picoult
Author of The Book of Two Ways and BY ANY OTHER NAME
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About BY ANY OTHER NAME:
oung playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a theater world where the playing field isn’t level for women. As Melina wonders if she dares risk failure again, her best friend takes the decision out of her hands and submits the play to a festival under a male pseudonym.
In 1581, young Emilia Bassano is a ward of English aristocrats. Her lessons on languages, history, and writing have endowed her with a sharp wit and a gift for storytelling, but like most women of her day, she is allowed no voice of her own. Forced to become a mistress to the Lord Chamberlain, who oversees all theatre productions in England, Emilia sees firsthand how the words of playwrights can move an audience. She begins to form a plan to secretly bring a play of her own to the stage—by paying an actor named William Shakespeare to front her work.
Told in intertwining timelines, By Any Other Name, a sweeping tale of ambition, courage, and desire centers two women who are determined to create something beautiful despite the prejudices they face. Should a writer do whatever it takes to see her story live on . . . no matter the cost? This remarkable novel, rooted in primary historical sources, ensures the name Emilia Bassano will no longer be forgotten.
Author Interview - Jodi Picoult
About The Book of Two Ways:
“Everything changes in a single moment for Dawn Edelstein. She's on a plane when the flight attendant makes an announcement: Prepare for a crash landing. She braces herself as thoughts flash through her mind. The shocking thing is, the thoughts are not of her husband but of a man she last saw fifteen years ago: Wyatt Armstrong.”
Author Interview - Jodi Picoult
Author I draw inspiration from:
Author Interview - Jodi Picoult
Favorite place to read a book:
Bathtub
Book character I’d like to be stuck in an elevator with:
Hunt Athalar from House of Earth and Blood
Author Interview - Jodi Picoult
The moment I knew I wanted to become an author:
When I read GONE WITH THE WIND at 13 and could FEEL Atlanta burning and thought, “I could do that."
Hardback, paperback, ebook or audiobook:
ebook
The last book I read:
Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
Author Interview - Jodi Picoult
Pen & paper or computer:
computer
Book character I think I’d be best friends with:
Elizabeth Bennet
Author Interview - Jodi Picoult
If I weren’t an author, I’d be a:
Pastry chef
Favorite decade in fashion history:
Victorian era - I think I’d look great in those dresses
Place I’d most like to travel:
Maldives
My signature drink:
Tito’s and soda
Favorite artist:
Mary Cassatt
Number one on my bucket list:
Getting the world back to normal
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About Jodi Picoult:
Author Interview - Jodi Picoult
Jodi Picoult is the #1 bestselling author of twenty-five novels including My Sister's Keeper, Nineteen Minutes, The Storyteller, Leaving Time, the acclaimed #1 bestseller, Small Great Things, which explored the issues of power, privilege and race, and has sold more than 1.5 million copies. Picoult's most recent novel, A SPARK OF LIGHT., published on October 2, 2018, was her tenth consecutive instant #1 New York Times bestseller, and was praised as “Picoult at her fearless best” by the Washington Post.
Picoult’s books have been translated into thirty-four languages in thirty-five countries. Four novels – The Pact, Plain Truth, The Tenth Circle, and Salem Falls - have been made into television movies. My Sister’s Keeper was a film released from New Line Cinema, with Nick Cassavetes directing and Cameron Diaz starring. SMALL GREAT THINGS has been optioned for motion picture adaptation by Amblin Entertainment and is set to star Viola Davis and Julia Roberts. Picoult’s two Young Adult novels, Between The Lines and Off The Page, co-written with her daughter Samantha Van Leer, have been adapted and developed by the authors into a musical entitled Between The Lines which had its world premiere in September 2017 at the Kansas City Repertory Theater and is expected to premiere Off-Broadway in Summer 2019.
