During one presentation, a student stood up and revealed that he’d formulated a plan to bring a gun to class and kill some fellow students but changed his mind after reading the book. The book is part of the curriculum in more than 100 schools in the United States, and Picoult has visited schools to talk about the book. There was a rousing round of applause after she talked about “Nineteen Minutes,” a book about a school shooting and the aftermath.

Her latest book 'Lone Wolf' follows Luke Baxter, a man obsessed with wolves who goes into a coma following a car accident.

When she received an F on her paper, her mother visited the school, had her daughter removed from the class and from then on her teachers fostered her writing. Jodi Picoult, the outspoken author of 'ethical fiction,' has written 19 novels and topped The New York Times bestseller list on five different occasions. Her last five novels have debuted at number one on the New York Times best-seller list. Picoult wrote from the perspective of the piano she’d been practicing all summer. A life hanging in the balancea family torn apartNew York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult tells an unforgettable story about family secrets, love, and letting go. She is the best-selling American author of 18 novels, including My Sister’s Keeper and Sing Me Home. She got laughs when she said she can trace her writing roots back to fourth grade when a teacher who “I really hope is dead now,” gave an assignment for an essay on what the pupils did that summer. On an icy winter night, a terrible accident forces a family divided to come together and make a fateful decision.

Her son had come out to her and her husband while she was writing the book, making it an important work for her. A life hanging in the balancea family torn apartNew York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult tells an unforgettable story about family secrets, love, and letting go. It doesnt have a title yet, but its about a young woman, Sage Singer, who befriends an old man whos particularly beloved in her community. Her most recent book, “Sing You Home,” was personal and deals with gay rights.

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