![]() ![]() Glamour : What’s your morning routine like? “I am here to write books and I want to hold on as long as possible so I never burn out. “Now that I’m not writing a book, I feel like a horse that just wants you to open the gate so I can go run the race,” she says. It’s the first time since she was 29 that she hasn’t already had another project in the pipeline, and she describes this moment as equally exciting and terrifying. ![]() When we talk, Reid is taking a brief pause before writing another book. Carrie Soto Is Back, out on August 30, is sure to do the same: It’s the kind of novel that feels alive, pulsing in your hands as your heart races. ![]() Reid’s novels-which include The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones and the Six, and Malibu Rising-have become synonymous with pop culture and a constant presence on NYT best-seller lists. “I mean, that would be phenomenal,” she says. When I suggest that Williams has read Carrie Soto Is Back, Reid grins. “Serena does everything her own way and is such a trailblazer. “There’s something in the air,” Reid tells me about the parallels between her eighth novel and Williams’s news. 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. Serena Williams announced she’s stepping down from tennis right before Taylor Jenkins Reid and I meet on Zoom. ![]()
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