Author Talk with Jodi Picoult
Step into Spring with us as we chat with the highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult about her newest novel, By Any Other Name (Check out the book, large print edition, or eAudiobook).
In 1581, Emilia Bassano—like most young women of her day—is allowed no voice of her own. But as the Lord Chamberlain’s mistress, she has access to all theaters in England and finds a way to secretly bring her work to the stage. And yet, creating some of the world’s greatest dramatic masterpieces comes at great cost: by paying a man for the use of his name, she will write her own out of history.
In the present, playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. Although the challenges are different four hundred years later, the playing field is still not level for women in theater. Would Melina—like Emilia—be willing to forfeit her credit as author, just for a chance to see her work performed?
Told in intertwining narratives, By Any Other Name is a sweeping tale of ambition, courage, and desire that asks what price each woman is willing to pay to see their work live on—even if it means they will be forgotten.
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About the Author: Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-nine novels, including By Any Other Name, Mad Honey (co-authored with Jennifer Finney Boylan) (Check out the book, large print edition, eBook, or eAudiobook), Wish You Were Here (book, large print, eAudiobook), The Book of Two Ways (book, large print, eAudiobook), A Spark of Light (book, eAudiobook, book on CD), Small Great Things (book, large print, eBook, eAudiobook), Leaving Time (book, large print, eBook, eAudiobook), and My Sister’s Keeper (book, book on CD, DVD based on the book), and, with daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, Between the Lines (book, eAudiobook) and Off the Page (eBook). She lives in New Hampshire with her husband.
