Susan Orlean (Journalist ) was born in Cleveland on a Monday, October 31, 1955 🎈. Susan Orlean is 69 years old. She is a Scorpio ♏ and was born in the Year of the Goat 🐐.
New Yorker staff writer and non-fiction author known for her book The Orchid Thief, with was the inspiration for the movie Adaptation. She’s also written for Esquire and Rolling Stone.
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| FULL NAME: | Susan Orlean |
| BIRTH DATE: | October 31, 1955 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | Cleveland |
| AGE: | 69 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | American |
| ETHNICITY: | Unknown |
| ZODIAC: | Scorpio |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Goat |
About
Susan Orlean is a Journalist. Susan was born in the 1950s, in the middle of the Baby Boomers Generation generation. Baby Boomers are individuals born between 1946 and 1964, during the post World War II baby boom. This generation is known for Rock and Roll, Woodstock, Elvis, the Beatles, miniskirts, and Barbies. Baby boomers have experienced some of the most important historical events, including the JFK Assassination, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War.
She was married to Peter Sistrom from 1983-1999. She married John Gillespie in 2001 and has a son and step-son. Find out who is Susan Orlean dating right now.
She studied history and literature at the University of Michigan, after which she started writing for the Willamette Weekly in Oregon. She published her first book, Saturday Night, in 1990.
DID YOU KNOW A 1998 article of hers, about a group of surfing girls, served as inspiration for Blue Crush. Her academic honors include a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard, an honorary doctorate from Michigan, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
FACT Meryl Streep portrayed a fictionalized version of Orlean in Adaptation, a role that earned her a Golden Globe.
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Birthday
Currently, Susan Orlean is 69 years old. Her next birthday is away. Susan will celebrate her 70th birthday on a Monday, October 31st. She shares a birthday with everyone who was born on October 31, 1955. Below is the countdown to her next birthday.
Zodiac
Susan Orlean’s zodiac sign is Scorpio. People born between the dates of October 23rd and November 21st belong to the eighth sign in the zodiac, Scorpio. Libras are known for being loyal, passionate, and strategic. They're can be either the best of allies or the deadliest of enemies. Cancer is the most compatible sign for Scorpios.
Famous Scorpio celebrities are Leonardo DiCaprio, Drake, Matthew McConaughey, Drake, Ryan Reynolds, Katy Perry, Kris Jenner, Anne Hathaway, Ryan Gosling, Charles Manson, and Marie Antoinette. Scorpio ruling planet is Pluto. Astrologically, Pluto symbolizes transformation rebirth and regeneration.
Susan Orlean was born in the Year of the Goat. Goat symbolizes pureness and preciousness in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Goat are intelligent, creative, charming, compassionate, and gentle. They can also sometimes be unorganized, lazy, pessimistic, insecure, indecisive, anxious, and gullible.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Susan Orlean is a 69 years old Journalist, born in October, in the Year of the Goat (1955), and is a Scorpio. Her life path number is 7. Susan’s birthstone is Opal and Tourmaline, and her birth flower is Marigold. You may also check out all famous birthdays in October or specifically birthdays on October 31.
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