Taylor Jenkins Reid

Work in Progress with Sophia Bush

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4.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2021

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

aylor Jenkins Reid is the New York Times Bestselling author of Daisy Jones and the Six and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, as well as One True Loves, Maybe in Another Life, After I Do, and Forever, Interrupted. Her newest novel, Malibu Rising, is out today, June 1st! Taylor joins Sophia to talk about how realizing she wanted to be in casting shaped her trajectory to create characters herself, how she turned her short story into her debut novel, and the pivotal moment she decided not to give up on her writing dreams.

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s favorite books mentioned:

Normal People by Sally Rooney

Everything I Never Told you and Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

The Patron Saint of Liars and The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, it's Sophia and welcome back to Work in Progress.
0:14.0	I am delighted to have with us today,
0:16.6	prolific novelist and show creator, Taylor Jenkins' read.
0:20.8	Taylor's historical fiction novel, Daisy Jones in the Six,
0:24.2	is a national and New York Times bestseller.
0:27.1	The winner of the 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards for historical fiction
0:31.6	and was named one of the best books of the year by the Washington Post.
0:35.4	It is being turned into a mini series by Amazon Studios,
0:39.6	produced by Reese Witherspoon.
0:41.7	I devoured this book.
0:44.0	Daisy Jones in the Six is written in such incredible detail
0:46.7	that I kept going on Google to see if any of the characters in the story
0:50.2	were actually based on real people,
0:52.2	and I know now, based on all the articles written about the book that I am not alone.
0:56.1	Many of us were so, so curious who Daisy was based on.
1:00.8	Taylor has also penned incredibly well-known novels,
1:03.2	including The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, One True Loves,
1:07.6	Maybe in Another Life, After I Do, and Forever Interrupted.
1:12.2	And she has a new novel coming out today, Malibu Rising.
1:17.6	Her themes explore fame and motherhood,
1:20.0	female strength and ambition, love,
1:22.1	the struggles of overcoming loss and identity.
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