The New York Times praises Susan Orlean’s “copious gifts as a reporter: a keen eye for the telling physical and psychological detail, an ability to map the odd obsessions and leitmotifs that thread disparate lives together, and an unflagging sympathy for her subjects.” Orlean is the author of seven non-fiction books, including the recently released biography of dog actor Rin Tin Tin and The Orchid Thief, which was made into the Academy Award–winning film Adaptation. She has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1992. Orlean studied literature and history and always dreamed of being a writer “who wrote long stories about interesting things, rather than news stories about short-lived events.” The Los Angeles Times calls Rin Tin Tin: The Life and The Legend “a story of magnificent obsession. Nearly a decade in the making, combining worldwide research with personal connection, it offers the kind of satisfactions you only get when an impeccable writer gets hold of one heck of a story. . . . Deft . . . Insightful . . . Fascinating.” Read Less
The New York Times praises Susan Orlean’s “copious gifts as a reporter: a keen eye for the telling physical and psychological detail, an ability to map the odd obsessions and leitmotifs that thread disparate lives together, and an unflagging sympathy for her subjects.” Orlean is the author of seven non-fiction books, including the recently released biography of dog actor Rin Tin Tin and The Orchid Thief, which was made into... Read More
