Covering the Jodi Picoult visit

Every now and again, journalists get to meet famous people and at these moments, it's exhilarating; a rush. (Don't get me wrong. I like to meet all types of people but the famous people really stick out in my mind.)

Last night I had the chance to meet Jodi Picoult who has written a ton of books on controversial subjects. (I reviewed "My Sister's Keeper" a while back.)

Picoult came to West Reading last night to a sold out presentation. Swarms of women came to hear her speak and a few husbands that were dragged there by their wives.

I also had the chance to get a book signed which was awesome. It's my boyfriend's mom's book and it's going to be a nice surprise. (I don't think his parents read my blog so I'm ok.)

Picoult was a great speaker and told the crowd about how she conducted research for three of her books: "Second Glance," "Nineteen Minutes" and "Change of Heart."

When I finally got my book signed (I was one of the unfortunate people near the back of the line) I got to ask my question. Mind you, I was wearing both my fan hat and my reporter hat. I had asked her while she was conducting research...getting documents, talking with people, was it hard to get this information. I told her I was a reporter and people try to hide things from me. She said that she did have a bit of trouble, especially while researching the death penalty. She said it was like being a reporter. And with that I smiled and told her to keep up with the great work.

I took a picture I will later be posting on here. As you can imagine, I am still pretty psyched. Have to go work on my article now!