T aylor Jenkins Reid is leaning against a railing in the sun outside Los Angeles’ famed Griffith Observatory. We’ve picked this place to talk about her ninth book, Atmosphere , a space thriller and love story set at NASA in the 1980s, but as the iconic Hollywood sign shines in the hills behind her, the scene feels almost too on the nose. Reid, despite her ability to blend in with the tourists milling about, is not just any author. She is one of the most successful novelists working today, her