"Everyday commonalities and the anomalies burrowing within them are like catnip to best-selling writer Susan Orlean. The author of 12 award-winning books (among them, The Orchid Thief, The Library Book, Saturday Night and her new memoir Joyride) is a regular columnist for The New Yorker. Embarking on a fall 2025 book tour with the memoir she says was driven by time for reflection during COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and upon realizing Orchid Thief had reached its 25th anniversary,"
"I've always been drawn to topics like Saturday night that are common denominators. It begins with something (to which) everybody can say, Oh, of course! That's meaningful to me. There's curiosity on my part in what we share and our interpretations of those commonalities. Curiosity, she states emphatically, has never let her down. Although some subjects pursued do not turn into good stories, one"
"Born and raised in a suburb of Cleveland and now based in Los Angeles, Orlean's prolific output of narrative nonfiction has led to writing for Time magazine, Esquire, Outside, Village Voice, Boston Globe, HBO's How to With John Wilson and more. She once served as an editor at Rolling Stone, worked as a rock critic for the alt-weekly Willamette Week in Portland, Oregon, and has seen more than one book adapted into a high-profile film, such as the Spike Jonze movie Adaptation,"
Susan Orlean is a bestselling writer of 12 award-winning books, including The Orchid Thief, The Library Book, Saturday Night, and the memoir Joyride. Joyride was driven by time for reflection during COVID-19 lockdowns and by the 25th anniversary of The Orchid Thief. Curiosity has been an intrinsic force since childhood and fuels investigations into everyday commonalities and anomalies. A regular New Yorker columnist, Orlean has written for Time, Esquire, Outside, Village Voice, Boston Globe and more. She served as a Rolling Stone editor, worked as a rock critic in Portland, and has seen books adapted into high-profile films. An October 30, 2025 reading in Oakland pairs her with Brooke Warner.
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