#242 Kiley Reid: When Fiction Does What A Thinkpiece Cannot

Kiley Reid is a New York Times Bestselling writer, earning her MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she won a fellowship award and taught undergraduate creative writing workshops with a focus on race and class. Kiley has written and published a number of stories and her most recent novel Such a Fun Age is a very big book for 2020. The story is about a babysitter called Emira and her white employer Alix. This book is about race and the messy dynamics of privilege.

Here's some of the press it's picked up already:

Reese Witherspoon's Book Club Pick for January 2020

The Sunday Times One to Watch

A Times Best Book of 2020

A Stylist Best Book of 2020

A New York Times Book to Watch

A Vogue Best Book of Winter

A Marie Claire Best Book of Winter

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