Jodi Picoult at the UNITED in partnership with Martin House Books

The UNITED Black Box Auditorium

The UNITED and Martin House Books host #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult, for an author talk discussing her latest novel, Hollow Bones. Jodi will be in conversation with bestselling author and Ocean House Author Series host Deborah Goodrich Royce.

There is a special Rhode Island connection with Hollow Bones as the main character Molly Fitzgerald runs the Rhode Island Department for Emergency Preparedness! Event attendees will get exclusive access to Hollow Bones two days before it officially comes out!! 

There is one ticketing option for this event: General Admission (WITH BOOK) – $42. Additional copies of Hollow Bones, a selection of Jodi’s backlist, and Deborah’s books will be available to purchase at the event. All tickets include a SIGNED copy of Hollow Bones and a professional photo with Jodi. Jodi will not be personalizing books or signing any additional books at the event.

Learn more about Jodi at: jodipicoult.com

Learn more about Deborah at: deborahgoodrichroyce.com

Author Bio:

Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of thirty novels, including By Any Other Name, Mad Honey (co-authored with Jennifer Finney Boylan), Wish You Were Here, The Book of Two Ways, A Spark of Light, Small Great Things, Leaving Time, and My Sister’s Keeper, and, with daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, Between the Lines and Off the Page. Her 30th novel, HOLLOW BONES, will publish on September 15, 2026. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband.

Book Summary:

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of By Any Other Name comes a riveting novel about the risks we take to protect the ones we love in a world where crisis is always just around the corner.

On September 11, 2001, when Molly Fitzgerald was only two months old, her mother went to an appointment at the World Trade Center and never came home. Her father and the stepmother who raised her couldn’t have loved her more, but she still grew up with a healthy dread of disasters.

Now an adult, she runs the Rhode Island Department for Emergency Preparedness, mapping out ways to save lives during storms, epidemics, and airplane crashes. She and her husband, Jesse—a police polygraph expert with his own history of crisis—have found a love that is a solace in a dangerous world. But then the unexpected upends their new marriage, leading them both to question everything they thought they knew.

Moving between past and present, Hollow Bones is an epic story of the lies we tell ourselves as we write the narratives of our lives, the plans we design to protect ourselves at the worst moments, and the ties that bind mothers and daughters. 

Moderator Bio: 

Deborah Goodrich Royce’s latest book BEST BOY was an Instant Indie Press Bestseller and Reef Road, a national bestseller, was named one of the best books of 2023 by Kirkus Reviews. 

She began as an actress on All My Children and in multiple films, before transitioning to the role of story editor at Miramax Films. With her husband, Chuck, Deborah restored the Avon Theatre, Ocean House Hotel, Deer Mountain Inn, United Theatre, and Martin House Books.