Susan Orlean, Author
Season 7 Episode 7 | 26m 47s
Evan visits with Susan Orlean, author of The Orchid Thief.
Many people know New Yorder staff writer Susan Orlean as the author of The Orchid Thief, a bestselling book that became sort of -- the movie Adaptation. Her writing is so wide-ranging there's something for everyone, with perceptive magazine profiles, a cookbook for dogs (co-written by her dog) and now a children's book called Lazy Little Loafers.
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Susan Orlean, Author
Season 7 Episode 7 | 26m 47s
Many people know New Yorder staff writer Susan Orlean as the author of The Orchid Thief, a bestselling book that became sort of -- the movie Adaptation. Her writing is so wide-ranging there's something for everyone, with perceptive magazine profiles, a cookbook for dogs (co-written by her dog) and now a children's book called Lazy Little Loafers.
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