2025 Festival: October 20–26
Books & Ideas runs until June!

Susan Orlean

USA

SUSAN ORLEAN has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1992 and is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including The Library Book and The Orchid Thief. She lives in Los Angeles and can be found at SusanOrlean.com and on Substack.

2025 Reading List: