Emily has a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from GCSU in Milledgeville, GA, home of Flannery O’Connor. She spends her free time reading, watching horror movies and musicals, cuddling cats, Instagramming pictures of cats, and blogging/podcasting about books with the ladies over at #BookSquadGoals (www.booksquadgoals.com). She can be reached at emily.ecm@gmail.com.
Taylor Jenkins Reid is not just having a great year. She’s been having an excellent year after year following the publication of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo in 2017. Every novel since has been highly anticipated, widely read, and all that people can talk about. Her ninth title, Atmosphere, is set to be published by Ballantine Books in June, but this isn’t all Reid’s got on the horizon. Here’s a look at all the latest Taylor Jenkins Reid news.
Speaking of Atmosphere, while the novel doesn’t come out until June 3, an adaptation is already in the works. The film project comes from LAIKA’s live-action division and will be directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Captain Marvel). The production team includes Travis Knight, Matt Levin, Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, Taylor Jenkins Reid, and Brad Mendelsohn. Jeremy Kipp Walker will executive produce. LAIKA will be working with Circle M+P, the company behind the series adaptation of Daisy Jones & The Six.
More adaptation news: Serena Williams will executive produce a series adaptation of Reid’s tennis-themed novel Carrie Soto is Back. The series is also executive produced and written by Amanda Kate Shuman (The Wheel of Time, Berlin Station). While the book is not directly about Serena Williams’s own tennis journey, it is thought that the adaptation will be partially inspired by it.
Taylor Jenkins Reid is not only heading to the screen. She’s also taking to the stage. Reid has written a jukebox musical entitled Goodbye, Earl. So, as you might have guessed, she is teaming up with country music band The Chicks to bring the project to life. Reid said about the project, which she co-wrote with childhood friend Ashley Rodger: “It’s a story about what you would do to protect your friend. I’m writing it from how I feel about Ashley, and she’s writing it from how she feels about me. There were a lot of tears, and a lot of making each other laugh.” No news yet about whether we can expect to see Goodbye, Earl on Broadway.
If you want to know more about Taylor Jenkins Reid, her life, and her writing process, you’ll want to check out her recent interview with TIME Magazine, which came out on May 15. In the interview, Reid opens up about her bisexuality and her gender expression and how it is reflected in her writing. Atmosphere will feature a “high-stakes, dramatic love story” between a woman in space and a woman back on Earth. “My attraction to women is a room in the house that is my identity,” Reid told TIME. “This book was about me spending time in that room.”
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Be sure to grab your copy of Atmosphere when it comes out on June 3. And stay tuned for more Taylor Jenkins Reid news in the near future!
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