![]() When the idea for “ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” first came to her, she approached her editor, who discouraged the idea. They were things that were much more slice-of-life.” My books at that time were really heartfelt, grounded, and low concept. I remember having conversations of like, ‘What do I need to do to get bigger?’ There were a lot of factors at play genre and gender. My editor at Simon & Schuster at the time, I give her a lot of credit because the books weren’t outselling anybody, but she stuck with me, and so my readership grew with each book.”Įven so, Reid acknowledges, “I was definitely midlist. ![]() While other debut authors with sluggish sales might not get a second chance, Reid says she was fortunate to have signed a two-book deal, “which gave me a second shot at bat and so I released the next one. When it came out, my publisher happened to be in a direct conflict with Barnes & Noble, so my book wasn’t in any Barnes & Nobles.” ![]() “Everybody did their best,” she says as a rooster crows in the distance. ![]() Reid explains that her 2013 debut novel, “ Forever, Interrupted,” was released as a trade paperback, a format that doesn’t always get the support it needs to find an audience. ![]()
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