Susan Orlean

Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She is The New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including "The Library Book," "Rin Tin Tin," "Saturday Night," and "The Orchid Thief," which was made into the Academy Award–winning film, Adaptation. She lives with her family and her animals in Los Angeles. 

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Awards: Guggenheim Fellow, California Book Award, Marfield Prize

Books:

Joyride

Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
October 2025
ISBN 9781982135164
336 pages

On Animals

Nature / Environment
Simon and Schuster
June 2022
ISBN 9781982181543
256 pages