Susan Orlean

Orlean is an American journalist and writer, best known for the nonfiction books The Orchid Thief and The Library Book. She has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1992 and has also written for Vogue, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and Outside. Her other books include the essay collection On Animals, the biography Rin Tin Tin, and Saturday Night. In 2021 she joined the writing team of the HBO comedy How To with John Wilson.