Now, in Carrie Soto Is Back, we’re reading about Carrie, the “other woman” in Malibu Rising. Then we got to know his children in Malibu Rising. We met Mick Riva in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. You’re building a bit of a Taylor Jenkins Reid Bibliographic Universe across your novels with all the recurring characters. It’s all about Carrie Soto, like her or not.

There’s classic Reid in there - compelling moments of romance, investigations into parental dynamics, and dealing with fame and female ambition - but in her latest novel, we hear her voice on the page as we’ve never heard it before as she takes us on the vulnerable journey of a controversial sports icon’s comeback from retirement. Far from the winding tales of an old Hollywood star and her relationships, a fake oral history of the fast life of the 1970s music scene, or a day in the life of a complicated family on a Malibu beach, Carrie Soto Is Back is all about tennis. There’s not enough time in the day for all the things I want to write,” she said.Īs an author, Reid has covered a wide range of topics and experimented with different styles. “I’ve been at this for ten years, and I feel like I have more ideas and more excitement. Love is the genesis for everything that happens on some level, and I think it’s always going to be in my work.” And while her publishing speed may seem unusually rapid, she has no plans to slow down anytime soon. She also spends a lot of time thinking about love: “I love love,” she told me during a recent Zoom call. If you ask Reid, she’ll tell you she’s a “sloth.” When she’s not working, which admittedly is rare, she wants to be eating chips and watching TV in her sweatpants. And while there is so much content online about her work - from fan cams and rankings of her books to songs inspired by her characters - there isn’t that much out there on the author herself.

Her books are consistently recommended on TikTok, and their adaptations are often trending topics on Twitter. While Reid has achieved traditional commercial success, she’s also gained something many authors and publishers have yet to figure out how to successfully manufacture: internet virality. Her latest, Carrie Soto Is Back, is available August 30. Two of her books are being developed into feature films and two more are being adapted for television. In ten years, she’s written eight novels including The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones & the Six, and Malibu Rising. Taylor Jenkins Reid’s work is seemingly everywhere - splashed across social media, best-seller lists, and probably your bookworm friend’s bedside table. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut Photo: Michael Buckner

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