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Susan Orlean

Susan Orlean
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Susan Orlean

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, and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award–winning film Adaptation. She lives with her family and her animals in upstate New York and may be reached at SusanOrlean.com and Twitter.com/SusanOrlean.

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Rin Tin Tin will be released on October 09, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Oct 09, 2012
Rin Tin Tin is now available in Trade Paperback
Oct 09, 2012
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Sep 13, 2012
Audio Excerpt:
Rin Tin Tin
Nov 18, 2011
Author Appearances have been announced:
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Oct 20, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Rin Tin Tin
Oct 01, 2011
Rin Tin Tin Enhanced eBook will be released on September 27, 2011 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, eAudio, eBook, Enhanced eBook
Sep 27, 2011
Rin Tin Tin Enhanced eBook is now available in Hardcover, Compact Disk, eAudio, eBook, Enhanced eBook
Sep 27, 2011
Rin Tin Tin will be released on September 27, 2011 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, eBook
Sep 27, 2011
Rin Tin Tin is now available in Hardcover, Compact Disk, eBook
Sep 27, 2011
Rin Tin Tin will be released on September 27, 2011 in eAudio
Sep 27, 2011
Rin Tin Tin is now available in eAudio
Sep 27, 2011

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Noodls, April 18, 2013
...art of nonfiction storytelling. With a theme of unearthing the past, the 2013 conference will feature keynote speakers Susan Orlean, author of the best-selling The Orchid Thief and a new book about Hollywood canine star Rin Tin Tin; Rick Atkinson, a...
Huffington Post, April 16, 2013
...What I remember the most is the cookies. This was someplace in the Bronx, on a street with beat-up buildings and chipped sidewalks, but, like everywhere on the New York City Marathon route, it was lined with people. Read the whole story at...
South Coast Today, April 13, 2013
...the Red Fern Grows," by Wilson Rawls. "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend," by Susan Orlean. "A Dog's Tale," by Mark Twain. "I, Toto: The Autobiography of Terry, the Dog who was Toto," by Willard Carroll. "Because of Winn-Dixie," by Kate...
World News Network, April 12, 2013
...same year, she began work on Spike Jonze's comedy-drama Adaptation (2002), in which she portrayed real-life journalist Susan Orlean. Lauded by critics and viewers alike, the film won Streep her fourth Golden Globe in the Best Supporting Actress category....
Noodls, April 11, 2013
...speakers who have distinguished themselves in writing historical narratives, biographies, memoirs and nonfiction playwriting. The keynote speakers are Susan Orlean, author of the best-selling The Orchid Thief and a new book about Hollywood canine star...
STLtoday.com, April 11, 2013
...our leading journalists - old-media types, of course - have joined the long procession: The New Yorker's Susan Orlean and the Times' Jill Abramson have lately gone into the doghouse, and so has New York Magazine's executive editor John Homans. Brainy...
Nudge, April 8, 2013
...s Adaptation is undoubtedly the niche’s poster boy, and not just because of its title. In adapting Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief, Charlie Kaufman was able to combine the essence of the source material with his own journey adapting it, and the...
MPNnow.com, January 17, 2013
...him as an Amazon author, in the now-rapidly growing e-publishing form employed by the likes of best-selling authors Susan Orlean, Jodi Picoult and the late Christopher Hitchens. A Kindle Single typically costs between 99 cents and $4.99 and can be...
Las Cruces Sun-News, January 17, 2013
...well, about an adaptation. Charlie Kaufman, the screenwriter of "Adaptation," was hired to pen an adaptation of Susan Orlean's novel "The Orchid Thief," but found himself completely unable to make progress. Rather than let the obstacle defeat him, he...
New Yorker, January 14, 2013
...launched Jack Kerouac’s career. The application period for the 2013 Yale Writers’ Conference , featuring visiting faculty member Susan Orlean, is now open. “We’ve lost our grip on the essential virtues embodied by a narrator: the capacity...
Island Packet, January 9, 2013
...memory." 2. "My Kind of Place: Travel Stories From a Woman Who's Been Everywhere," by Susan Orlean (2004) The celebrated New Yorker magazine writer, best known for narrative nonfiction books such as "The Orchid Thief," shows that great travel writing...
Rock Hill Herald, January 9, 2013
...memory." 2. "My Kind of Place: Travel Stories From a Woman Who's Been Everywhere," by Susan Orlean (2004) The celebrated New Yorker magazine writer, best known for narrative nonfiction books such as "The Orchid Thief," shows that great travel writing...
Technology Tell, January 8, 2013
...a biography of baseball star Alex Rodriguez. You can head to Twitter, where everyone from Seth Meyers to Susan Orlean is remembering a journalism legend. It’s also a chance to catch up on some great writing. I just might do that myself. Rest in...
Goldstein Report, January 3, 2013
...be employed as a binding agent for tweets about a particular topic or theme, often sardonically (as author Susan Orlean described described a while back). They make identifying relevant postings across Twitter simple. Search site Search Other News ...