News about Jodi Picoult

Hollywood, music and film have long been scorned for the dominance of 'nepo babies' in the industry - but they've long been present in the literary scene too. These nepo book babies include the likes of Stephen King's sons Joe and Owen, Jodi Picoult's daughter Samantha and John Le Carre's son Nicholas, who are all trying their luck at writing novels. Here, FEMAIL takes a look at all the authors you never realised were literary nepo babies.Pictured L to R: Jodi Picoult and Samantha, Stephen King and son Joe, Alice and Rebecca Walker.

It may have been 408 years since the death of William Shakespeare (pictured top inset) - but arguments over whether the British bard wrote all of the plays attributed to him still rage on. Now, American author Jodi Picoult (pictured right), best known for her novel My Sister's Keeper, has claimed in her new book that, Emilia Bassano (pictured left), the first woman in England to publish a book of original poetry should actually be credited for the playwright's works. Born in 1569 to a family of Venetian Jews who were court musicians to Queen Elizabeth I, Emilia was mistress to the Lord Chamberlain, Henry Carey, First Baron Hunsdon, at the age of 13. He was in charge of the English theatre and patron of the company that staged Shakespeare's plays - therefore, London-based Emilia was well-placed to have produced the writing we attribute to Shakespeare. Speaking on the latest episode of BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live, Jodi explained how in her book, By Any Other Name (pictured bottom inset), which has been released in the UK today, she claims Shakespeare 'sold his name to people who wanted to hide themselves as writers'.

Wendy Holden reviews the best Popular fiction out this month: Odyssey by Stephen Fry, By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult, and The Blue Hour by Paula Hawkins.

Hundreds of books have been removed from schools as a result of the Florida law. Author Stephen King, known as the 'King of Horror,' was shocked to learn 26 of his books were banned.

Rie Kudan's new book, 'Tokyo-to-Dojo' ('Sympathy Tower Tokyo), was lauded by a judge for being "most flawless" and "universally enjoyable," bagged the biannual Akutagawa Prize on Wednesday. The book, set in a futuristic Tokyo, revolves around a high-rise prison tower and the architect's intolerance of criminals, with AI as a repeating theme. The 33-year-old author admitted that only five percent's of the book was written by AI, implying that ChatGPT opened her new opportunities as a writer and greatly influenced her process. In writing this book, she made good use of generative AI like ChatGPT,' she said at a party after the winner's announcement.' 'I would say that around five percent of the book was quoted verbatim the sentences generated by AI.'

More than 9,000 writers wrote an open letter this week to The Authors Guild, saying that it is unfair for the companies to be innovating world-shaping technology that will raise their revenues while simultaneously stripping off their oeuvres. The letter is addressed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI CEO Sam Altmam, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. They must avoid the 'inherent injustice' of their life's activities being fed to the robots in order to'regurgitate' and reproduce.

The price of the deal, which was not disclosed by either party on Thursday, was not disclosed, but it does refer to a cache of content dating back to 1985 and will continue to function for two years. The two companies' statements announcing the agreement said they are already looking at' potential use cases for generative AI in [their own] news products and services [their own] news products and services], but didn't elaborate how. OpenAI founder Sam Altman launched ChatGPT a few months ago, but the software has since taken off. That said, the rollout has already become polarizing, as well as sparking a surge in 'generative AI' products that can recreate text. Although many are skeptical - or outright outraged - over the latest technology, OpenAI and AP have boosted optimism about the future of the AI platform in the world, saying that both believe in the responsible design and use of these AI systems.' ChatGPT parent OpenAI has stuck up a deal with The Associated Press to license the publication's sprawling archive of news stories - all to better train the increasingly popular chatbot that has the eerie ability to mimic human writing

Many states have passed legislation committing librarians and book vendors to years in prison if they have 'obscene' titles to minors. At least five states have been passed and nine others are pending, allowing for the criminal conviction of school and library workers involved. Librarians had been banned from suing for obscene materials in almost every state, but recently, an increase in suspicion and indignation over some books in schools and libraries has resulted in legislation being changed.

Fans have been mispronouncing her name all this time, according to Jodi, the author of the popular book My Sister's Keeper, who has set the record straight on how to say it. The best-selling writer, 56, made her TikTok debut recently and discovered that many of her followers had no idea how to spell her name the correct way. Many of her devoted followers were taken aback when she learned they had been spelling her name incorrect.

On Saturday, author Chelsea Banning held a book signing at Pretty Good Books in Ashtabula, Ohio, to advertise her debut book, 'Of Crowns and Legends.' After nearly 40 people registered to the event but only two people turned up, she revealed her dissatisfaction on Twitter the next day. Banning confessed to being "kind of distraught" and a "little embarrassed," causing other writers to rant about their own ostensible failures. Atwood, a writer of more than fifty books, including 'The Handmaid's Tale,' recalled how she once held a book signing at which no one appeared. King, another well-selling author, told a similar tale about his first signing for his second book, 'Salem's Lot,' in 1975.' Jodi Picoult, Neil Gaiman, Robin Hobb, Cheryl Strayed, Min Jin Lee, and Jonathan Coe were among the renowned writers who came out to Banning.

A leaked Supreme Court opinion that threatens to eliminate abortion protections at the federal level has shocked and angered Americans from all around the country. Justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion, which stated "Roe was egregiously wrong from the start," and "We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled," Justice Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, who wrote the story, were among the many contenders for Roe and Casey's impeachment, meaning a majority of the current Supreme Court endorse the ruling.