“I think asking the question ‘who cares?’ is part of any writing project,” Susan Orlean says over coffee on the Valley side of the Hollywood Hills. In her delightfully written new memoir, “Joyride” — ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The hardest part of her writing process, Orlean says, is “those first few sentences. They set the tone ...

In a captivating evening at Skidmore College, acclaimed author Susan Orlean shared her journey as a writer, the allure of storytelling, and her experiences with Mery ...

If you’ve ever read a Susan Orlean book — “The Orchid Thief,” “ Rin Tin Tin” or “ The Library Book,” say — and didn’t want it to end, here’s good news. There’s more. Her memoir, “Joyride,” a chronicle ...

Susan Orlean says the story of my life is the story of my stories. But she's put parts of her own life into a memoir of her career as an esteemed, long-form journalism storyteller - her decades at The ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I’ve called Susan Orlean to discuss creativity, but I can’t stop staring at the poster-size playing card ...

got some shocking news on Tuesday. It was revealed that the account, originally thought to be spam, was actually an elaborate conceptual art project maintained by Buzzfeed employee Jacob Bakkila and ...

Susan Orlean has an eye for the quirky. As a longtime writer for the New Yorker, she’s specialized in the kinds of stories others don’t write, because they often don’t seem like stories at all until ...

When writing about the books of Susan Orlean, it’s hard not to feel like the neurotic Charlie Kaufman character in the film “Adaptation,” sweating in front of his typewriter as he tries to work on a ...

If you’ve ever read a Susan Orlean book — “The Orchid Thief,” “Rin Tin Tin” or “The Library Book,” say — and didn’t want it to end, here’s good news. There’s more. Her memoir, “Joyride,” a chronicle ...