Jodi Picoult jokes that she is Wonder Woman.

The 40-year-old best-selling author of 14 novels — her latest, “Nineteen Minutes,” hit shelves March 6 — is also a wife and mother of three children.

It will be interesting to see how much of Picoult makes her way into DC Comics' Wonder Woman title. DC tapped Picoult to write the next five issues. “Wonder Woman #6”, comes out Wednesday, March 28.

“What do we call women who do it all? Wonder Woman,” Picoult asked. “I'm writing myself into life here.”

This is Picoult's first effort at comic book-writing outside of her 13th novel, the “The Tenth Circle.” Her hero in that book was a comic book writer, and part of his story was told in comic book form. The editors at DC Comics saw that and thought she would be a good fit for the Amazonian princess whose secret identity is Diana Prince.

“Wonder Woman has an incredible history, which goes back 67 years,” Picoult said.

Picoult did plenty of research. She read Wonder Woman titles dating back to World War II, picking  stories that she thought would be the most beneficial to her interpretation.

Currently, Wonder Woman is wanted for the televised killing of a criminal who threatened the entire superhero community. She has been hired, as Diana Prince, to head up a government agency tasked to bring her alter ego into custody.

Picoult also plans to bring back the Amazons whom Wonder Woman exiled in an effort to save them.

“That's the best thing about comic books,” Picoult said. “Anything can happen.”

One thing that hasn't happened much is a woman writing the title. Only two others have written Wonder Woman, which was created by a husband-and-wife team.

Sean M. Wood | Contributor