Taylor Jenkins Reid Is Done Writing Novels About Famous Women–For Now
she’s stepping down from tennis right before Taylor Jenkins Reid and I meet on Zoom. The timing is fortuitous, considering we're there to talk about Reid’s new tennis-centric novel: Carrie Soto Is Back, about a 37-year-old pro who comes out of retirement in an attempt to reclaim her world-winning record. “There’s something in the air,” Reid tells me about the parallels between her eighth novel and Williams’ news.