Johnson,+Cheryse



Notes wanted= In 2003 she was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for Fiction. She has also been the recipient an Alex Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association, sponsored by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust and Booklist, one of ten books written for adults that have special appeal for young adults; the Book Browse Diamond Award for novel of the year; a lifetime achievement award for mainstream fiction from the Romance Writers of America; Cosmopolitan magazine’s ‘Fearless Fiction’ Award 2007; Waterstone’s Author of the Year in the UK, a Vermont Green Mountain Book Award, a Virginia Reader’s Choice Award, the Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award, and a Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award. She wrote five issues of the Wonder Woman comic book series for DC Comics. Her books are translated into thirty four languages in thirty five countries. Three – The Pact, Plain Truth, and The Tenth Circle, have been made into television movies. My Sister’s Keeper was a big-screen released from New Line Cinema, with Nick Cassavetes directing and Cameron Diaz starring, which is now available in DVD. She and Tim and their three children live in Hanover, New Hampshire with three Springer spaniels, two donkeys, two geese, eight ducks, five chickens, and the occasional Holstein. Picoult studied creative writing with Mary Morris at Princeton, and had two short stories published in Seventeen magazine while still a student. Realism - and a profound desire to be able to pay the rent - led Picoult to a series of different jobs following her graduation: as a technical writer for a Wall Street brokerage firm, as a copywriter at an ad agency, as an editor at a textbook publisher, and as an 8th grade English teacher - before entering Harvard to pursue a master’s in education. She married Tim Van Leer, whom she had known at Princeton, and it was while she was pregnant with her first child that she wrote her first novel, [|Songs of the Humpback Whale].
 * Jodi Lynn Picoult born May 19, 1966 in Nesconset on Long Island in New York
 * Family moved to New Hampshire when she was 13
 * Moved away for college and early jobs; moved back married
 * Lives in Hanover, New Hampshire with her husband, Tim Van Leer, and their children Sammy, Kyle and Jake
 * Studied writing at Princeton University where she received her bachelor’s degree
 * Earned a master’s degree in education from Harvard University
 * Wrote first story at five: “the lobster which misunderstood”
 * While at Princeton she published two stories in //Seventeen// magazine
 * Wrote first novel //Songs of the humpback Whale//, while pregnant with 1st child
 * Published in 1992
 * Novels usually told with ethical issues and told from a variety of view points
 * Each chapter written in a different characters voice (usually)
 * Uses this to show multiple sides of a situation
 * Also to underscore areas of moral ambiguity
 * Picuolts family has 2 Springer spaniels, 2 donkeys, 2 geese, 3 ducks & 6 chickens
 * When picuolts middle son Jake was 6 he was diagnosed with cholesteatoma in ear
 * He had 10 surgeries in 3 years and was practically deaf until now
 * She has personal experience with the medical drama she writes about
 * Stories that are heart wrenching & full of drama.

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Cheryse Johnson Monday, January 10, 2011

(Rough draft) Jodi Picoult was born may 19, 1966 in Nesconset, Long Island in New York. Her family moved to New Hampshire when she was 13. Picoult went away for college and early jobs which included a technical writer for Wall Street brokerage firm, a copywriter at an ad agency an editor at a textbook publisher and as an eighth grade English teacher. She moved back after marrying her husband whom she met while at Princeton. Picoult studied creative writing at Princeton where she received her bachelor’s degree. She also earned a master’s degree from Harvard University. Her first story ever was written at the age of five, “The Lobster Which Misunderstood.” While at Princeton she published two stories in //Seventeen Magazine.// She wrote her second story while pregnant with her first child, named //Songs of the Humpback Whale.// The story was published in 1992. Picoult’s novels are usually told with ethical issues and are told from each characters point of view. Each chapter is usually told with the characters describing what they thought of a certain chain of events; the author uses this to show multiple sides of a situation. Picoult has personal experience with the medical drama that she writes about. When Picoult’s middle son Jake was six he was diagnosed with Cholesteatoma in his ear. He has had ten surgeries in the past three years and was practically deaf until now. In 2003 Picoult was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for Fiction, as well as many other awards. She has written two Wonder Woman comics for DC Comics, and her books are translated into thirty-four languages in thirty-five countries. Three of her books- The Pact, Plain Truth, and The Tenth Circle- have been made into television movies. My Sisters Keeper was a big-screen movie released from New Line Cinema, with Nick Cassavetes directing and Cameron Diaz starring.

She now leads a happy life in Hanover, New Hampshire, with her husband, Tim Van Leer, and their children Sammy, Kyle, and Jake. She has a whole farm-load of animals including three Springer spaniels, two donkeys, two geese, eight ducks, and five chickens.

__Sources__ 1 Wikipedia.com-search: Jodi Picoult 2 about.com- search: Jodi Picoult 3 bookbrowse.com/biographies 4 jodipicoult.com

Cheryse Johnson Monday, January 17, 2011 Jodi Picoult was born May 19, 1966 in Nesconset, Long Island in New York. Her family moved to New Hampshire when she was 13. Picoult went away for college which included Harvard and Princeton University. While at Harvard she earned a master’s degree, and studied creative writing at Princeton where she also earned a bachelor’s degree. After college she proceeded to get early jobs which included a technical writer for Wall Street brokerage firm, a copywriter at an ad agency an editor at a textbook publisher and as an eighth grade English teacher. While at Harvard she earned a masters degree. She moved back after marrying her husband whom she met while at Princeton. Her first story ever was written at the age of five, “//The Lobster Which Misunderstood.”// While at Princeton she published two stories in //Seventeen Magazine,//// one of which was called the Moment of Truth.// She wrote her second story while pregnant with her first child. The story was named //Songs of the Humpback Whale.// The story was published in 1992. Picoult’s novels are usually written with ethical issues, or questions’ concerning what is wrong or right, and are told from each characters point of view. Each chapter is usually told with the characters describing what they thought of a certain chain of events; the author uses this to show multiple sides of a situation. If one member of the family thinks that something said or done was right the author might use alternating voices to explain how another might think that it was unjust or wrong. Picoult has personal experience with the medical drama that she writes about. In novels such as //My Sisters Keeper// and //Handle With Care// the characters as well as the family or people around them have to deal with the medical problems in which the main characters have. When Picoult’s middle son Jake was six he was diagnosed with Cholesteatoma in his ear. Cholesteatoma is a benign tumor of the ear. He has had ten surgeries in the past three years and was practically deaf until now. She now leads a well-chosen life in Hanover, New Hampshire, with her husband, Tim Van Leer, and their children Sammy, Kyle, and Jake. She has a whole farm-load of animals including three Springer spaniels, two donkeys, two geese, eight ducks, and five chickens. . In 2003 Picoult was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for Fiction, as well as many other awards like the Book Browse Diamond Award for novel of the year, and Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award. She has written two //Wonder Woman// comics for DC Comics, and her books are translated into thirty-four languages in thirty-five countries. Three of her books- //The Pact, Plain Truth, and The Tenth Circle//- have been made into television movies. //My Sisters Keeper// was a big-screen movie released from New Line Cinema, with Nick Cassavetes directing and Cameron Diaz starring. It tells the story of 13-year-old Anna, who sues her, parents for medical emancipation because she is tired of only existing for her sister’s use. However the book differed from the movie because Cassavetes left out her court appointed guardian Julia. Her attorney’s seizure is out of the blue because they don’t explain the story of his dog enough. Anna’s close relationship with her father is left out. To me the book was great because of the ending, and the fact that they left it out bothered me as well as many other fans of the book. Nevertheless, had I not read the book before seeing the movie it would have been terrific. __ Sources= __ 1 Wikipedia.com-search: Jodi Picoult 2 about.com- search: Jodi Picoult 3 bookbrowse.com/biographies 4 jodipicoult.com