About this episode

Jenny Jackson discusses her experiences as a bestselling author and publishing executive, including her upcoming novel and the challenges of balancing motherhood and a writing career.

New York Times bestselling author and Knopf Executive Editor, Jenny Jackson, spoke with us about balancing life as an #authormom, editing bestsellers, finding standalone books, and her anticipated second novel, THE SHAMPOO EFFECT. Jenny Jackson is the New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street, a graduate of Williams College and the Columbia Publishing Course, and a Vice President and Editorial Director of Fiction at Alfred A. Knopf. Her second novel, The Shampoo Effect (Pamela Dorman Books; June 30), was named a most anticipated book of 2026 by the New York Times, described as “a frothy novel of love, money, sex, and friendship,” [about] “an ambitious young woman [who] insinuates herself into a tight-knit social set, shaking up friendships and marriages in a small seaside town.” New York Times bestselling author Coco Mellors said, “Jackson has a rare knack for capturing the intensity of old friendships and the way love, jealousy, money, and history combust until everyone is behaving (deliciously) badly.” Jenny Jackson is a prominent figure in the publishing world, having edited numerous high-profile works, including Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle…

People in this episode

Host: Kelton Reid

Guest: Jenny Jackson

Topics covered

• writing
• publishing
• author life
• editing
• novels
• literature

Keywords

• Jenny Jackson
• The Shampoo Effect
• Pineapple Street
• editing
• bestselling author
• publishing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Knopf, Alfred A. Knopf

Books & works: Pineapple Street, The Shampoo Effect, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Crazy Rich Asians, Station Eleven

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