Hello Protagonists!

Welcome to another episode of the Creative, Inspired, ALIVE podcast—where we go behind the scenes with the storytellers shaping our culture.

Our guest today is Jodi Picoult, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of thirty novels, with over 63 million books in print and translations in forty languages. She has written everything from her breakout novel, My Sister’s Keeper, to young adult books co-written with her daughter to musicals for the stage. She is also one of the country’s most outspoken defenders of the freedom to read. Her latest book, Hollow Bones, is out now.

Today, we talk about:

* researching and writing about complex medical conditions,

* revisiting beloved characters in new novels,

* the freedom to read in a tumultuous world,

* and so much more!

💕 Joanna and Evelyn

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