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Jean Hanff Korelitz    

New York Times Bestselling Author & Founder of BOOKTHEWRITER

New York Times bestselling author Jean Hanff Korelitz is known for crafting spellbinding plots across mediums, which keep audiences engaged and inspired. Korelitz is the author of novels such as "The Latecomer", "You Should Have Known", which was adapted into the HBO series "The Undoing", "Admission", which was made into a film, "The Sabbathday River", "A Jury of Her Peers", "The White Rose", "The Devil and Webster", and "The Plot", a New York Times bestseller and Notable Book of 2021, as well as an Editor’s Pick on Amazon, and is being adapted by Hulu to star Mahershala Ali. She is the founder of BOOKTHEWRITER, a service that hosts Pop-Up Book Groups for readers to discuss new books with their authors. Korelitz shares her expertise in storytelling, the creative experience, the writing process, as well as insights about the intersection of art and the human condition in compelling and memorable events.

Korelitz has appeared on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon", where her novel "The Plot" was featured as the “Fallon Summer Read,” and she has been featured in media outlets such as The Guardian, The Hollywood Reporter, and The New York Times, which called "The Plot" her “most consequential book yet.” She is also the author of "Interference Powder", a novel for children, and a collection of poetry titled "The Properties of Breath". Together with her husband, Irish poet Paul Muldoon, Korelitz adapted James Joyce’s "The Dead" into an immersive theater piece titled "The Dead, 1904", which premiered at the Irish Repertory Theatre in NYC. Her insight and diverse body of work make her a sought-after speaker.

Her work spans additional genres, enriching her portfolio and appeal as a speaker at various cultural and literary events.

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