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Taylor Jenkins Reid

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Taylor Jenkins Reid Biography

Taylor Jenkins Reid is the author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, One True Loves, Maybe in Another Life, After I Do, Forever, Interrupted, and the New York Times bestseller Daisy Jones and the Six. Her novels have been Indie Next Picks, chosen by Book of the Month, and featured in People, US Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, Good Morning America, and more. She lives in Los Angeles.

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Interview

Taylor Jenkins Reid offers a behind-the-scenes look at the writing process and inspiration for her 2019 novel, Daisy Jones & The Six.

How did you begin your career as a writer?

After I graduated college, I moved to Los Angeles and took a job in feature film casting. I enjoyed it, but I kept thinking there was something else I was supposed to be doing. I started writing small stories about things that had happened to me and sending them to my friends just for fun, but interesting things didn't happen to me every day, so to feed my urge to write, I decided to try fiction. I wrote a short story that ended up becoming a novella, and then used the novella to get a literary agent. Then finally I sat down with the intention of writing a full-length book, which became Forever, Interrupted, my debut novel.

How would you describe your new novel, Daisy Jones &The Six?

It's an oral history of the rise and fall of a fictional 70s rock band. I wanted to tell a story that took place against the backdrop of the whole "Southern California sound" scene of the 1970s. I imagined this band, Daisy Jones & The Six, and then told the story of how they were formed, their journey up the charts, and why they ultimately broke up so abruptly the night of July 12, 1979.

How did the idea for Daisy Jones &The Six originate?

I loved Fleetwood Mac, and was always ...

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