New York Times bestselling novelist Jodi Picoult, known for authoring the current movie blockbuster
My Sister's Keeper, is penning a new book revolving around a lesbian relationship, according to
AfterEllen.
The internationally celebrated writer, who carries quite an impressive dossier with a total of sixteen books, three made-for-TV movies, a play inspired by her novels, and a first novel
My Sister's Keeper to hit the big screen with a star-studded cast featuring Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, and Alec Baldwin, has created perhaps less buzz about the success of the New Line Cinema's adaptation but more about the plot of her newest novel-to-be.
Picoult unveiled her plans to write a new book "...about gay rights. And in particular,what it means to be family," in an exclusive interview with
Edge Online. The much talked about novel tells the story of a lesbian couple forced to undertake a difficult legal battle in order to begin a family. The decision for Picoult to take on LGBT rights as the main focus of her next novel because coincidently the topic hit home.
"Here I was working up this book about gay rights and figuring out how I'm going to do this whole lesbian couple invitro thing," says Picoult, "then my son Kyle [a seventeen year old Yale-bound senior) came out to us. And I was like, well now I really have to write this book!"
While Picoult hasn't settle yet on a title, the book is anticipated to come out in the Spring of 2011.
Meanwhile,
My Sister's Keeper which opened nationwide on June 26, is still screening in theaters and her current bestseller
Handle with Care is out in hardcover at a variety of bookstores and online outlets.
