# Taylor Jenkins Reid
**Taylor Jenkins Reid** is an American novelist, screenwriter, and Emmy-nominated producer, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of nine novels including *[The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-seven-husbands-of-evelyn-hugo)*, *Daisy Jones & the Six*, *Malibu Rising*, *[Carrie Soto Is Back](https://www.edgepedia.org/carrie-soto-is-back)*, and *[Atmosphere](https://www.edgepedia.org/atmosphere-novel)*.[1](https://penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/author/?authorid=2337607) • [2](https://www.uri.edu/news/2026/09/new-york-times-bestselling-author-taylor-jenkins-reids-community-book-read-to-go-beyond-the-stars-at-uri/) She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their daughter.[1](https://penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/author/?authorid=2337607)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Debut | *Forever, Interrupted*, published 2013; she wrote the draft within a month of deciding to focus on fiction[3](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/new-novel-by-taylor-jenkins-reid-coming-in-2027/) • [4](https://time.com/7284944/taylor-jenkins-reid-atmosphere-interview/) |
| Breakout | *The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo* (2017), a massive bestseller that later reached the New York Times list years after publication[3](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/new-novel-by-taylor-jenkins-reid-coming-in-2027/) • [5](https://apnews.com/article/1d63b891a362e4bc1623698b8a22a189) |
| Sales | Her eight novels before *Atmosphere* sold more than 21 million print, e-book, and audiobook copies in 42 languages, per her agent[6](https://chronicleclub.in/storage/uploads/1747572301-time-usa-may-26-2025.pdf) |
| Screen adaptations | *Daisy Jones & the Six* became an Emmy-winning Amazon Prime limited series; *Evelyn Hugo* is in film development at Netflix[7](https://chronicleclub.in/storage/uploads/1749277816-wsj.pdf) • [5](https://apnews.com/article/1d63b891a362e4bc1623698b8a22a189) |
| Latest novel | *Atmosphere: A Love Story* (June 3, 2025), set in NASA's 1980s Space Shuttle program; it debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list[2](https://www.uri.edu/news/2026/09/new-york-times-bestselling-author-taylor-jenkins-reids-community-book-read-to-go-beyond-the-stars-at-uri/) |
| Next novel | *The Last Days of Vic & Coco*, about two female pool hustlers in 1974 Arizona, to be published by Atria on March 2, 2027[8](https://www.simonandschuster.biz/p/the-last-days-of-vic-and-coco-taylor-jenkins-reid) |
## Career beginnings
Reid did not set out to write books. She moved to Los Angeles to work in the film industry, starting as a casting assistant, and began writing on the side, finishing a manuscript that was never published.[4](https://time.com/7284944/taylor-jenkins-reid-atmosphere-interview/) In 2012 she asked her husband how he would feel about her taking time off to focus on fiction; within a month she had a draft of what became her first novel, *Forever, Interrupted*, published in 2013.[4](https://time.com/7284944/taylor-jenkins-reid-atmosphere-interview/) The book sold poorly, and her second, *After I Do* (2014), did not do much better.[4](https://time.com/7284944/taylor-jenkins-reid-atmosphere-interview/) • [9](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/taylor-jenkins-reid/after-i-do/) Her editor at [Simon & Schuster](https://www.edgepedia.org/simon-and-schuster) stayed with her through the slow start, and, as Reid has said, her readership grew with each book.[10](https://www.theretaility.com/home/taylor-jenkins-reid)
## Breakout and the celebrity universe
*The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo*, published in 2017, was the book that, in the words of one account, put her on the map. It tells the story of a legendary Hollywood actress through a frame narrative, and it established the pattern of her subsequent fiction: historical settings brought to life through the lens of fictional famous people.[11](https://www.independent.com/2021/12/24/all-booked-falling-in-love-with-an-author/) • [12](https://www.the-independent.com/independentpremium/culture/taylor-jenkins-reid-malibu-rising-interview-b1858291.html) *Daisy Jones & the Six* (2019), an oral-history-style novel about a 1970s rock band openly influenced by [Fleetwood Mac](https://www.edgepedia.org/fleetwood-mac), followed.[3](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/new-novel-by-taylor-jenkins-reid-coming-in-2027/) • [13](https://time.com/6259011/daisy-jones-and-the-six-review-amazon/) *Malibu Rising* (2021) moved to 1980s surf culture through the children of the recurring character Mick Riva, and *Carrie Soto Is Back* (2022) took up professional tennis.[12](https://www.the-independent.com/independentpremium/culture/taylor-jenkins-reid-malibu-rising-interview-b1858291.html) • [14](https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/00/02/83/15/08913/2025-06-01.pdf) The books share characters, most notably the rock star Mick Riva, who appears as husband number three in *Evelyn Hugo* and whose family anchors *Malibu Rising*.[15](https://time.com/6259167/daisy-jones-and-the-six-tv-book-differences/) Reid has said *Carrie Soto* was intended as the last of her books about celebrities, though she described leaving that world as difficult.[5](https://apnews.com/article/1d63b891a362e4bc1623698b8a22a189)
## BookTok and commercial scale
*Evelyn Hugo* reached the New York Times bestseller list years after publication, a development Reid learned about from her agent's email and initially could not believe. Her manager, Brad Mendelsohn, showed her the young women on TikTok discussing the book; Reid later learned the phenomenon had a name, BookTok.[5](https://apnews.com/article/1d63b891a362e4bc1623698b8a22a189) Industry observers credit the pandemic, when people suddenly had time to read, together with BookTok's arrival in late 2020, for the takeoff of genre fiction and authors like [Colleen Hoover](https://www.edgepedia.org/colleen-hoover) and Reid; after *Evelyn Hugo* went viral, readers arrived in stores to film content and seek out her backlist titles.[4](https://time.com/7284944/taylor-jenkins-reid-atmosphere-interview/) [Reese Witherspoon](https://www.edgepedia.org/reese-witherspoon)'s 2019 selection of *Daisy Jones* for her book club, and her announcement that she would produce its adaptation, added to the momentum.[4](https://time.com/7284944/taylor-jenkins-reid-atmosphere-interview/)
By 2025, her eight novels before *Atmosphere* had sold more than 21 million print, e-book, and audiobook copies in 42 languages, according to her agent, and industry sources reported she had signed a five-book deal at a reported $8 million per book, which her agent declined to confirm.[6](https://chronicleclub.in/storage/uploads/1747572301-time-usa-may-26-2025.pdf)
## Atmosphere and identity
*Atmosphere: A Love Story*, published June 3, 2025, is set against NASA's Space Shuttle program in the 1980s and follows the astronomer Joan Goodwin, selected for NASA's astronaut program, whose love for a fellow trainee must be hidden at a time when disclosure would cost them their place in the corps.[16](https://apnews.com/article/4b22e424278cd915dec85c1d4a88a1e2) • [2](https://www.uri.edu/news/2026/09/new-york-times-bestselling-author-taylor-jenkins-reids-community-book-read-to-go-beyond-the-stars-at-uri/) Reid researched the technical material with help from Paul Dye, a retired NASA flight director, studied [Andy Weir](https://www.edgepedia.org/andy-weir)'s work, read about [Apollo 13](https://www.edgepedia.org/apollo-13), and pored over NASA documents; she framed the project by asking herself, "What is my Titanic?"[4](https://time.com/7284944/taylor-jenkins-reid-atmosphere-interview/) The novel debuted at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list, was named Target's 2025 Book of the Year, and received the 2025 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Historical Fiction.[2](https://www.uri.edu/news/2026/09/new-york-times-bestselling-author-taylor-jenkins-reids-community-book-read-to-go-beyond-the-stars-at-uri/) • [8](https://www.simonandschuster.biz/p/the-last-days-of-vic-and-coco-taylor-jenkins-reid)
In May 2025, two weeks before the novel's publication, Reid came out as bisexual in a Time cover story and said the book itself prompted the disclosure.[17](https://lesbianromancereads.com/2026/08/24/atmosphere-taylor-jenkins-reid-review/) Reviewers have noted that *Atmosphere* is far more directly a queer love story than *Evelyn Hugo*, which a body of criticism argued filtered its sapphic relationship through a straight lens; *Atmosphere* ends with its two central women alive and together rather than in loss.[17](https://lesbianromancereads.com/2026/08/24/atmosphere-taylor-jenkins-reid-review/) Reid has also faced criticism over writing characters of other identities, particularly the Latina title character of *Carrie Soto*, and has said that, on race for now, she will stick to what she knows.[4](https://time.com/7284944/taylor-jenkins-reid-atmosphere-interview/)
## Adaptations
Hollywood adaptation has been a running thread of Reid's career. *Daisy Jones & the Six* became a limited series on [Amazon Prime](https://www.edgepedia.org/amazon-prime), adapted with extensive research into the 1970s music industry and starring [Riley Keough](https://www.edgepedia.org/riley-keough), Sam Claflin, and [Camila Morrone](https://www.edgepedia.org/camila-morrone); the series won Emmy awards.[3](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/new-novel-by-taylor-jenkins-reid-coming-in-2027/) • [15](https://time.com/6259167/daisy-jones-and-the-six-tv-book-differences/) • [7](https://chronicleclub.in/storage/uploads/1749277816-wsj.pdf) Other projects announced or in development include *Carrie Soto Is Back*, executive produced by Serena Williams for Netflix; *Malibu Rising*, which was set at Hulu but, per Mendelsohn, needs a new distributor; and *Forever, Interrupted*, executive produced by and starring Laura Dern and Margaret Qualley with A24 for Netflix.[4](https://time.com/7284944/taylor-jenkins-reid-atmosphere-interview/) A film adaptation of *The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo* is in development at Netflix, and Laika Studios hired Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, the directors of *Captain Marvel*, to adapt *Atmosphere* into a film.[5](https://apnews.com/article/1d63b891a362e4bc1623698b8a22a189) • [18](https://apnews.com/article/b3d5df82012d19ef5bacb4d8716d94b7)
## The Last Days of Vic & Coco
After finishing *Atmosphere*, Reid said she was creatively spent and told her agent she had nothing. The idea for her next novel came to her in the shower: "Pool hustlers."[19](https://nz.news.yahoo.com/taylor-jenkins-reid-just-revealed-141500109.html) *The Last Days of Vic & Coco* follows Victoria Lucchese and Colette Wilson, two pool hustlers in Arizona in 1974 who run a con in which Coco draws men into playing against the precise, unstoppable Vic, and who hatch a plan for their biggest payday yet.[8](https://www.simonandschuster.biz/p/the-last-days-of-vic-and-coco-taylor-jenkins-reid) Atria acquired U.S., Canada, and open market rights from Celeste Fine of Park, Fine & Brower, marking Reid's return to the imprint that published her first four novels and *Evelyn Hugo*; her four most recent books were published with Ballantine.[20](https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5956) Publication is slated for March 2, 2027.[8](https://www.simonandschuster.biz/p/the-last-days-of-vic-and-coco-taylor-jenkins-reid)
## References
1. [Taylor Jenkins Reid, Penguin Random House Library Marketing](https://penguinrandomhouselibrary.com/author/?authorid=2337607)
2. [New York Times-bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid's community book read to go 'Beyond the Stars' at URI, Rhody Today](https://www.uri.edu/news/2026/09/new-york-times-bestselling-author-taylor-jenkins-reids-community-book-read-to-go-beyond-the-stars-at-uri/)
3. [New Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid Coming in 2027, Kirkus Reviews](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/new-novel-by-taylor-jenkins-reid-coming-in-2027/)
4. [How Taylor Jenkins Reid Became a Publishing Powerhouse, Time](https://time.com/7284944/taylor-jenkins-reid-atmosphere-interview/)
5. [Taylor Jenkins Reid writes her own Hollywood success story, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/1d63b891a362e4bc1623698b8a22a189)
6. [Time, May 26, 2025 issue](https://chronicleclub.in/storage/uploads/1747572301-time-usa-may-26-2025.pdf)
7. [downmagaz.net (Wall Street Journal reprint)](https://chronicleclub.in/storage/uploads/1749277816-wsj.pdf)
8. [Atria Books to Publish The Last Days Of Vic & Coco by Taylor Jenkins Reid in March 2027, Simon & Schuster](https://www.simonandschuster.biz/p/the-last-days-of-vic-and-coco-taylor-jenkins-reid)
9. [After I Do, Kirkus Reviews](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/taylor-jenkins-reid/after-i-do/)
10. [Taylor Jenkins Reid's writing process, The Retaility](https://www.theretaility.com/home/taylor-jenkins-reid)
11. [All Booked: Falling in Love with an Author, The Santa Barbara Independent](https://www.independent.com/2021/12/24/all-booked-falling-in-love-with-an-author/)
12. [Taylor Jenkins Reid: 'I don't want writing to be punishing anymore', The Independent](https://www.the-independent.com/independentpremium/culture/taylor-jenkins-reid-malibu-rising-interview-b1858291.html)
13. [Amazon's Daisy Jones & the Six Is the Latest in a Long Line of Embarrassing Portraits of Musical Genius, Time](https://time.com/6259011/daisy-jones-and-the-six-review-amazon/)
14. [Paxton Media Group e-edition, June 1, 2025](https://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/00/02/83/15/08913/2025-06-01.pdf)
15. [What to Know About the Book That Inspired Daisy Jones and the Six, Time](https://time.com/6259167/daisy-jones-and-the-six-tv-book-differences/)
16. [With 'Atmosphere,' Taylor Jenkins Reid leaves the Evelyn Hugo-verse behind and travels to space, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/4b22e424278cd915dec85c1d4a88a1e2)
17. [Atmosphere Review — Is It Worth Reading? (TJR), Lesbian Romance Reads](https://lesbianromancereads.com/2026/08/24/atmosphere-taylor-jenkins-reid-review/)
18. [Book Review: Taylor Jenkins Reid's 'Atmosphere' plays out amid the 1980s politics of NASA, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/b3d5df82012d19ef5bacb4d8716d94b7)
19. [Taylor Jenkins Reid Just Revealed Her Next Novel, Yahoo/Elle](https://nz.news.yahoo.com/taylor-jenkins-reid-just-revealed-141500109.html)
20. [Taylor Jenkins Reid Returns to Atria for Next Novel, Publishers Weekly](https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=5956)
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