Taylor Jenkins Reid

Author

Birthday December 20, 1983

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Maryland, U.S.

Age 40 years old

Nationality United States

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Taylor Jenkins Reid is an American author most known for her novels The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones & the Six, One True Loves, Malibu Rising, and Carrie Soto is Back.

Reid graduated from Emerson College in Boston and majored in media studies.

She began her career in film production.

After graduating from college, she moved to Los Angeles and worked as a casting assistant.

Reid also worked at a high school before she got a book deal.

She signed with her first literary agent at age 24.

1983

Reid was born in Maryland on December 20, 1983.

At age 12, Reid and her family moved to Acton, Massachusetts.

While working in the film industry, she met and married Alex Jenkins Reid, a screenwriter.

They live in Los Angeles with their daughter.

2013

Forever, Interrupted, her first novel, was published in 2013.

2015

Reid co-wrote the television show Resident Advisors, which premiered in 2015.

2016

Her book One True Loves was published in 2016.

The film adaption, released in 2023 stars Phillipa Soo, Simu Liu and Luke Bracey.

2017

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.

2019

Reid's 2019 novel Daisy Jones & the Six recounts the ups and downs of a fictional 1970s rock band and is loosely based on Fleetwood Mac.

The audiobook version was named of Apple's Books' Best Audiobooks of 2019.

Amazon Studios developed Daisy Jones & the Six into a web-based miniseries, also titled Daisy Jones & the Six, which debuted in 2023.

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, and Malibu Rising.

Reid stated that she intends to take an extended break before beginning her next literary project.

2020

Daisy Jones & the Six won the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award in 2020.

The novel was a finalist for Book of the Month's Book of the Year award in 2021.