Not content with being a one-off musical talent, Taylor Swift has now set her sights on becoming a novelist once the dust has settled on her records. Eras Tour in December 2024.
The star is reportedly planning to publish her debut novel, which she wrote at the age of 14. A girl named GirlThe story is about a mother who wished for a son instead of a daughter. Although she wrote the book when she was a teenager, it has remained a secret until now.
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Swift secured the trademark rights to the novel, all audio versions of it, and all related merchandise in 2015, and the original manuscript is believed to have been kept by her parents for the ten years since she wrote it.
The ‘Cruel Summer’ singer gave a Speak Now tour in 2012 when she began writing the book after her star was on the rise. “All my friends were in Pennsylvania, so I had nothing to do,” she told the audience. “I had this epiphany: I’m going to be a novelist and I’m going to write novels. That’s going to be my career path.”
The headline-making, record-breaking and career-defining Eras The tour concludes in December with stops in Toronto and Vancouver, while her legion of fans patiently await the release of not only her debut novel, but also the highly anticipated re-recording of her 2017 album. Call, to.
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Naomi May is a freelance writer and editor specialising in pop culture, lifestyle and politics. After graduating with honours from City University’s prestigious journalism course, Naomi started at the Evening Standard as a fashion and beauty writer, working on both the newspaper and its website. She is now acting news editor at ELLE UK and has written for The Guardian, Vogue, Vice and Refinery29, among others.
