To say I was ecstatic to be given this job by Sarah Wasley at Granta is an understatement. I absolutely love Jenny Offill’s writing so this was a dream job.

As I read the book, I ended up with pages and pages of notes and was spoiled for choice.

I was a big fan of Jenny Offill’s previous book Dept. of Speculation so I was excited when her new novel, Weather, landed on our Spring 2020 list. Told via the thoughts that are consuming the mind and life of the main character who is a librarian, the novel addresses climate change and other modern day, end-of-times stressors as she navigates her day-to-day existence: going to a work, taking care of a child, dealing with relationships, etc. This was one of the first jackets I worked on upon returning to Knopf as creative director so luckily there are a number of approaches I worked through (not the usual for me!) as I was trying to regain my footing.