Jodi Picoult is the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of seventeen novels, including "The Pact", "The Tenth Circle", "Nineteen Minutes", "Change of Heart", "Handle with Care", and "House Rules". She received the 2003 New England Book Award for fiction and was the recipient of the ALA's Alex Award for her novel "My Sister's Keeper". She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children.