Do you know what it's like to give your whole self to a person, and your whole heart to boot, until you've got nothing left to give―and then realize that it still isn't what they need?
—Jodi Picoult in The Pact
—Jodi Picoult in The Pact
Jodi Lynn Picoult ( PEE-koh; born 1966) is an American writer. As of 2026, Picoult has published 30 novels, several short stories, and has also written several issues of Wonder Woman. Approximately 40 million copies of her books are in print worldwide and have been translated into 34 languages. In...
The scariest thing in the world is thinking someone you love is going to die.
—Jodi Picoult in The Storyteller