The Washington Post 's review said that 'Reid constructs a plot so beautifully intricate and real and fascinating that readers will forget it’s also full of tough questions about race, class and identity.' The Atlantic described the book as 'a funny, fast-paced, empathetic examination of privilege in America.' A review in The New York Times noted the book's 'resonant insights into the casual racism in everyday life, especially in the America of the liberal elite,' but described Reid's scenes and dialogue as feeling 'deliberately styled for a screen adaptation,' with 'heavy-handed attempts to mimic millennial parlance.' It was the first selection of 2020 for Reese Witherspoon's book club. The novel received generally positive reviews from numerous media outlets, including The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, and The Atlantic magazine. 3 on the New York Times hardcover fiction list within two weeks of its U.S. The novel, which explores the relationship between a young black babysitter and her well-intentioned white employer, was ranked No. It was longlisted for the Booker Prize in July 2020 and won the International Book of the Year at the 2021 Australian Book Industry Awards. It was published by Bloomsbury Publishing in the United Kingdom on January 7, 2020. Reid's debut novel, Such a Fun Age, was published by G.

Reid later graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She graduated from Salpointe Catholic High School and studied theater at the University of Arizona for two years before transferring to Marymount Manhattan College. Reid was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1987 and raised in Tucson, Arizona, from the age of seven to 20. Her debut novel, Such a Fun Age, was published in December 2019 and was longlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize.

Kiley Reid (born 1987) is an American novelist.

Author kiley reid