Mary Adkins

Mary Adkins is the author of the novels When You Read This ("Best Book of 2019" by Good Housekeeping and Real Simple), Privilege (Today.com "Best Summer Read"), and Palm Beach (New York Post "Best Book of 2021"). Her books have been published in 13 countries, and her essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and more. A graduate of Yale Law School and Duke University, she founded The Book Incubator¿, which she runs alongside novelist Rufi Thorpe. She lives in Dallas with her family and a feral cat she's determined to domesticate.