Taylor Jenkins Reid

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Taylor Jenkins Reid
Born (1983-12-20) December 20, 1983 (age 40)
Maryland, U.S.
Education Emerson College (BA)
OccupationAuthor
Years active2013–present
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SpouseAlex Jenkins Reid
Children1

Taylor Jenkins Reid (born 20 December 1983) is an American author best known for her novels The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo , Daisy Jones & the Six , One True Loves, Malibu Rising , and Carrie Soto Is Back.

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Early life

Reid was born in Maryland on December 20, 1983. At age 12, she and her family moved to Acton, Massachusetts. [1]

Reid graduated from Emerson College in Boston and majored in media studies. [2] [3]

Career

Reid began her career in film production. [4] After graduating from college, she moved to Los Angeles and worked as a casting assistant. [5] [6] Reid also worked at a high school before she got a book deal. [2] She signed with her first literary agent at age 24. [5]

Forever, Interrupted, her first novel, was published in 2013. Reid co-wrote the television show Resident Advisors , which premiered in 2015. [7]

Reid's novel One True Loves was published in 2016. The film adaption, released in 2023, stars Phillipa Soo, Simu Liu and Luke Bracey. [8]

Her novel The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo was published in 2017 to commercial and critical acclaim. The novel tells the story of a fictional Old Hollywood star as she reveals the long-held secrets tarnishing both her mysterious life and glamorous marriages. [9]

Reid's 2019 novel Daisy Jones & the Six recounts, using an oral history format, the ups and downs of a fictional 1970s rock band [10] loosely based on Fleetwood Mac. [10] [11] Daisy Jones & the Six won the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award in 2020. [11] The novel was a finalist for Book of the Month's Book of the Year award in 2021. [12] The audiobook version was named one of Apple Books' Best Audiobooks of 2019. [9] Amazon Studios developed the book into a miniseries, which debuted in 2023. [13] [14]

Reid published Carrie Soto Is Back in 2022. It is the fourth and presumed final book of Reid's "famous women quartet," following The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones & the Six, [15] and Malibu Rising. Reid has stated that she intends to take an extended break before beginning her next literary project. [16]

Personal life

While working in the film industry, Reid met and married Alex Jenkins Reid, a screenwriter. [17] [18] They live in Los Angeles with their daughter. [19] [20]

Bibliography

Novels

Short stories

Awards

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Taylor Jenkins Reid: How I became a bestselling author". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
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  4. ↑ Leal, Samantha (7 July 2015). "Author and TV Writer Taylor Jenkins Reid Is All the Inspiration You Need to Change Things Up in Your Career" . Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  5. 1 2 Anonymous, Anonymous. "An interview with Taylor Jenkins Reid". BookBrowse.
  6. ↑ Hutcheson, Susannah. "Taylor Jenkins Reid: How I became a bestselling author". USA Today.
  7. ↑ Leal, Samantha (2015-07-06). "Author and TV Writer Taylor Jenkins Reid Is All the Inspiration You Need to Change Things Up in Your Career". Marie Claire. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
  8. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (2021-09-20). "'Shang-Chi' Star Simu Liu's 'One True Loves' Sells Wide for Highland Film Group (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
  9. 1 2 Anonymous, Anonymous (29 August 2022). "Taylor Jenkins Reid". Penguin Random House.
  10. 1 2 "Taylor Jenkins Reid: '1970s rock is a fun space to tell a story in'". the Guardian. 2019-03-02. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  11. 1 2 Books, Goldsboro (2021-04-07). "DAISY JONES AND THE SIX WINS 2020 GOLDSBORO BOOKS…". Goldsboro Books. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
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  14. ↑ "Sam Claflin to star in new musical drama series from Amazon Studios". Radio Times. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
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  17. ↑ Armstrong, Neil (4 June 2021). "Taylor Jenkins Reid on Malibu Rising: 'It's about what parents owe to their children'". inews UK.
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  19. ↑ "Taylor Jenkins Reid on learning to write like a '70s rock star in 'Daisy Jones & the Six'". EW.com. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
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