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Susan Orlean
Susan Orlean is a journalist and bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book. She has been editor-in-chief of The New Yorker since 1992 and has contributed numerous articles to magazines such as Vogue, Rolling Stone, Esquire and Outside. She is best known as the author of the 1998 book The Orchid Thief, which was adapted into the movie Adaptation. Meryl Streep received an Oscar nomination for her performance as Orlean.
BornSusan Orlean, October 31, 1955, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
OccupationJournalist, author
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Michigan

About Susan Orlean

Journalist Susan Orlean was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States on October 31, 1955. She's 68 years old today.

She is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a nonfiction author best known for her book The Orchid Thief, which inspired the film Adaptation. She's also contributed to Esquire and Rolling Stone magazines.

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Susan Orlean before becoming famous

Susan Orlean was born in the Zodiac sign Scorpio (The Scorpion), and 1955 is also the year of Goat (羊) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She went to the University of Michigan to study history and literature before starting to write for the Willamette Weekly in Oregon. In 1990, she released her first book, Saturday Night.

Achievement of Susan Orlean

Blue Crush was inspired by a 1998 story she wrote about a group of surfing gals. A Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, an honorary doctorate from Michigan, and a Guggenheim Fellowship are among her academic achievements.

Susan Orlean's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

From 1983 to 1999, she was married to Peter Sistrom. She has a son and a step-son with John Gillespie, whom she married in 2001.

Susan Orlean on Social Media

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Susan Orlean Collabed with

In Adaptation, Movie Actress Meryl Streep played a fictitious version of Orlean, for which she won a Golden Globe.

Susan Orlean Income & Net worth

Susan Orlean's income mainly comes from the work that created her reputation: a journalist. Information about her net worth in 2024 is being updated as soon as possible by allfamous.org, you can contact to tell us Net Worth of the Susan Orlean.

Susan Orlean Height and Weight

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Latest information about Susan Orlean updated on March 09 2023.