“Orchidelirium” was a name given by Victorians to the quest of collectors for illusive orchids. Orchids are lovely and unusual plants. This mania was described in the book The Orchid Thief, by Susan ...

Susan Orlean doesn’t color inside the lines. Consider her seminal work of nonfiction, The Orchid Thief — the inspiration for the equally beloved yet even more unconventional film, Adaptation — which ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES -- With a dog at her feet and an advance copy of her book "Rin Tin Tin" on the table, Susan Orlean sips coffee in the backyard of the Los Angeles house she now calls home. In September, ...

Susan Orlean's "Joyride: A Memoir" details her career as a nonfiction writer and her belief in following one's curiosity. The book explains how her New Yorker essay "Orchid Fever" evolved into the ...

Susan Orlean has been a staff writer for the New Yorker since 1992. Along the way she’s written for Rolling Stone, the Boston Globe, Esquire, Vogue and other magazines. Her book, The Orchid Thief ...

Everyday commonalities and the anomalies burrowing within them are like catnip to best-selling writer Susan Orlean. The author of 12 award-winning books (among them, “The Orchid Thief,” “The Library ...

The Winter Words series begins at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 28, with Susan Orlean talking about her latest book, “Joyride: A Memoir,” at Paepcke Auditorium. Perhaps most known for her best-selling ...