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ABOUT KILEY REID
Kiley Reid is the instant New York Times-bestselling author of Such a Fun Age and Come and Get It, a new novel that portrays a residential assistant and her messy entanglement with a professor and three unruly students. Named a Best Book of the Year by Vogue and Elle, and a Most Anticipated Book of the Year Book of the year by TIME and Entertainment Weekly, this tension-filled story about money, indiscretion, and reckless abandon is a “blistering send-up of academia […] interlaced with piercing moral clarity” (Publishers Weekly [starred review]).

Reid’s debut, Such a Fun Age, was hailed for its candid look at the complexities of race and class through the lens of the relationship between a Black babysitter and her white employer. A spotlight for Reid’s talent at social satire, Such a Fun Age shines a bright light on the subtle, yet deeply impactful aspects of race and privilege in America.

An instant hit, acclaimed producer and actress Lena Waithe acquired the film rights to the story over a year before the book’s publication, Such a Fun Age was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award in Outstanding Literary Work by a Debut Author and for the 2020 Booker Prize. It was also a Reese’s Book Club pick, and was named a best book of the year by The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, NPR, Vogue, Kirkus Reviews, and Library Journal, among many more publications.

Reid earned her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and has been described as an exciting new voice in the literary scene. In honest and compelling talks, Reid weaves together insights into her craft with the process of writing about timely, relevant issues like race and class with unflinching honesty.

During her time at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Kiley Reid was awarded the prestigious Truman Capote Fellowship and taught undergraduate creative writing workshops focusing on race and class. She has had work featured in The New York Times and TIME, and her short stories have appeared in several notable publications like Playboy, Ploughshares, December, New South, and Lumina. Reid lives in Philadelphia.

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