Jodi Picoult: podcast appearances and interviews

Jodi Lynn Picoult is an American writer born in 1966. As of 2026, she has published 28 novels, several short stories, and contributed to issues of Wonder Woman. Her books have garnered widespread readership, with approximately 40 million copies in print worldwide, translated into 34 languages. Picoult's writing is characterized by popular fiction that often features family sagas centered on moral dilemmas or procedural dramas that involve familial conflicts. Throughout her career, she has addressed a wide range of controversial and moral issues, including abortion, the Holocaust, assisted suicide, race relations, eugenics, LGBT rights, fertility, religion, the death penalty, and school shootings. Despite her commercial success, Picoult does not consider herself a critically acclaimed author, though her storytelling has been recognized as lively and engaging, even if occasionally marred by lyrical tendencies, according to critics. Her work underscores complex ethical questions and familial tensions, making her a notable figure in contemporary American fiction.