By Any Other Name
By Jodi Picoult

**PRE-ORDER NOW - THE DAZZLING NEW NOVEL FROM MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR**The #1and New York Timesand Bestseller'Her best one yet. Jodi Picoult has combined her trademark research with an astonishing and heart-rending story, embedded in truth, and turned it into a gripping novel'and JOJO MOYES'Stunning. So interesting, clever, educationaland andand moving. One of the best books I've read in recent times'and GILLIAN McALLISTER'A timeless classic from one of our great storytellers'and CHRIS WHITAKER'Had me absolutely captivated . . . I loved all the questions this novel raised about who gets to tell which stories and how complex that can become. Jodi Picoult is a genius'and JENNIFER SAINT'[An] inspiring work of feminist literature'and ELLE'Timely and affecting . . . Picoult's many, many fans will pounce on her latest incisive, pot-stirring tale'and BOOKLIST, Starred'You'll fall in love with Emilia Bassano, the unforgettable heroine based on a real woman that Picoult brings vividly to life. Book clubs will embrace this rich, inspiring story'and KRISTIN HANNAH'A blend of historical fiction and modern-day settings, the novel gives us timelines that intertwine and surprise. Picoult has done her research'and HARPER'S BAZAAR'Picoult creates a richly detailed portrait of daily life in Elizabethan England, from sumptuous castles to seedy hovels. . . A vibrant tale of a remarkable woman'and KIRKUS----What if the greatest writer of all time isn't who we think he is?What if he isn't even a he?Step back four hundred years and discover the female author who hid behind the mask of the man we know as William Shakespeare . . .In Elizabethan London, young Emilia Bassano is a ward of English aristocrats. Her education has endowed her with a sharp wit and a gift for storytelling, but still she is allowed no voice of her own.Forced to become a mistress to the Lord Chamberlain, who oversees the theatre, Emilia discovers the power of stories to beguile audiences. Secretly, she forms a plan to bring a play of her own to the stage - by paying an actor named William Shakespeare to front her work.In modern-day Manhattan, playwright Melina Green finds a woman's voice is still worth less than a man's. But, inspired by the life of her ancestor Emilia Bassano, Melina takes a lesson from history and submits a play under a male pseudonym . . .Moving between Elizabethan England and modern day Manhattan,and By Any Other Nameand is a beautifully written, compelling novel that explores the theme of identity and the ways in which two women, centuries apart-one of whom might just be the real author of Shakespeare's plays-are both forced to hide behind another name to make their voices heard.----PRAISE FOR JODI PICOULT'A writer the world needs to be reading right now'and Independent