Honoring Jodi Picoult 2027 Preston Award for Distinguished Service to the Literary Community Recipient Share on Twitter (opens in a new tab) on Facebook (opens in a new tab) on Linkedin (opens in a new tab) via email Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of thirty novels, including Hollow Bones, By Any Other Name, Mad Honey (co-authored with Jennifer Finney Boylan), Wish You Were Here, The Book of Two Ways, A Spark of Light, Small Great Things, Leaving Time, and My Sister’s Keeper. There are 63+ million copies of her books in print. Her books have been translated into forty languages. Her two YA novels Between the Lines and Off the Page, co-written with her daughter Samantha Van Leer, have been adapted by the authors into a musical entitled Between The Lines. She is also the co-librettist of the musical, Breathe, and a musical adaptation of The Book Thief, based on the international bestselling novel by Markus Zusak, which premiered in the UK in September 2022. Her co-adaptation of the musical Austenland is currently in development. She holds honorary doctor of letters degrees from Dartmouth College and the University of New Haven. A tireless advocate for the freedom to read, Picoult frequently speaks out against book bans and is a member of the Board of Trustees for PEN America. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband.