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Susan Orlean

Author

Bio

Susan Orlean has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992. She is the author of seven books, including Rin Tin Tin, Saturday Night, The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award-winning film Adaptation, and The Library Book. She lives with her family and her animals in Los Angeles and may be reached at SusanOrlean.com and Twitter.com/SusanOrlean.

Susan Orlean Books

On Animals book cover

On Animals

Susan Orlean
The Writer's Library book cover

The Writer's Library

Nancy Pearl
The Library Book book cover

The Library Book

Susan Orlean
Dogs Rough and Smooth book cover

Dogs Rough and Smooth

Lucy Dawson
Love and Ruin: Tales of Obsession, Danger, and Heartbreak from The Atavist Magazine book cover

Love and Ruin: Tales of Obsession, Danger, and Heartbreak from The Atavist Magazine

Evan Ratliff
Cornbread Nation 7 book cover

Cornbread Nation 7

Francis Lam
The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs book cover

The Big New Yorker Book of Dogs

The New Yorker Magazine
Rin Tin Tin book cover

Rin Tin Tin

Susan Orlean
Saturday Night book cover

Saturday Night

Susan Orlean
The Orchid Thief book cover

The Orchid Thief

Susan Orlean
Throw Me a Bone book cover

Throw Me a Bone

Cooper Gillespie
This Side of Paradise book cover

This Side of Paradise

F. Scott Fitzgerald
My Kind of Place book cover

My Kind of Place

Susan Orlean
The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup book cover

The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup

Susan Orlean
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