Best-Selling Author Announces National Tour to Celebrate 30th Novel Release
Prolific novel writer Jodi Picoult is taking her show on the road, with a planned 25 appearances across 21 states to celebrate her latest novel. The best-selling author, who penned massive hits like My Sister's Keeper, Small Great Things, and Nineteen Minutes, took to Instagram to share the itinerary for her latest tour.
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"I'm going on tour to celebrate my 30th novel, HOLLOW BONES!" the author shared on the social media platform, prompting fans to jump into the comments to share their excitement for the opportunity to see their favorite writer in person, or to lament that they don't live near a tour stop.
"Cries in Colorado," said one commenter, as another wrote, "Not a single Tx date!" A third posted a teary-eyed emoji alongside a statement that Denver is not on the itinerary before asking, "will there be a streaming option for any of the dates?"
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Though Picoult will not be able to stop at all of the places mentioned in the comments, the tour has a whopping number of stops across the country in just a few weeks. It starts in Westerly, Rhode Island on September 13 before heading over to Boston, Massachusetts on September 14. Here are the rest of the tour stops:
- New York, New York 9/15
- Manasquan, New Jersey 9/16
- Wayne, Pennsylvania 9/17
- Brooklyn Park, Maryland 9/18
- Carroll County, Maryland 9/19
- Winnetka, Illinois 9/20
- Franklin, Indiana 9/21
- Kansas City, Missouri 9/22
- Des Moines, Iowa 9/23
- Jacksonville, Florida 9/26
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina 9/27
- Nashville, Tennessee 9/28
- Charleston, South Carolina 9/29
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island 9/30
- Concord, New Hampshire 10/2
- Traverse City, Michigan 10/6
- Ann Arbor, Michigan 10/7
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin 10/8
- Mesa, Arizona 10/11
- San Diego, California 10/12
- Portland, Oregon 10/13
- Seattle, Washington 10/14
- Bellingham, Washington 10/15
- Salt Lake City, Utah 10/17
Hollow Bones is "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," according to Picoult's website. The book synopsis tells the story of a protagonist whose mother died on September 11, 2001, and who subsequently has a "healthy dread of disasters," devoting her career towards planning for the worst, but whose personal life takes a turn in an unexpected way when her new marriage is flipped upside down.
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This story was originally published June 26, 2026 at 3:14 PM.