Hot competition Writer Rachel Reid says getting free desserts at restaurants, especially with her kids, is one of the best perks of being famous.
“Dairy Queen has little ice cream cakes, and someone brought a tray of them out for my whole family. That was the first time and my kids loved them, so that’s great,” Reed said. Hollywood ReporterWomen in Entertainment Canada event in Toronto on Thursday.
Her sudden fame for writing Hot competition The book series adapted into the popular Crave and HBO Max romantic drama about gay hockey players also spanned the time of her leaving home. “It’s crazy. Authors aren’t supposed to be recognized on the street. Actors, that’s what they want. I’ve definitely gotten more attention than I thought I would get. I’d love some of it,” Reid revealed.
Her fame may only grow with the second season of the series Hot competition TV series Reed teased ahead of its 2027 premiere. “I’m excited for Troy and Harris. Can I just say that?” Reed chimed in, pointing out hockey player Troy Barrett and Harris Drover, his love interest, who will be raising his profile in the next cycle of the queer TV romance series.
the Hot competition The success of the television series, along with seeing Reed’s books translated into 35 languages worldwide, has also allowed the stigma surrounding romance novels, especially with gay stories, to fall by the wayside. “Personally, I no longer have to defend what I write about, and that is a great feeling. Now I can say that I wrote.” Hot competition People are familiar with it. “That’s really nice,” she said.
Another revelation: The success of the book’s screen adaptation on HBO Max and elsewhere internationally doesn’t surprise Reed. “I felt like coming on set that I was the only one who understood what was going to happen. Early on, I was like, ‘This is going to be huge. I expected Connor and Hudson’s lives to be completely different, and for the whole world to fall in love with them,'” she added during a conversation at a WIE Canada event with Jacob Tierney, who created, wrote and directed the gay TV hockey drama.
Hot competition He is part author of the book Game changer The series revolves around a steamy love story between Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov Hot rivalry drama By Hudson Williams and Connor Story, respectively. But Reed’s fame has its downsides.
“I have some social anxiety that I didn’t have before. It’s anxiety about being videotaped. I’m always worried about being secretly filmed or recorded. Maybe I’m being paranoid for no reason,” she volunteered. Reed insisted that staying away from social media has helped tame this anxiety, although Instagram remains her favorite platform.
“The thing is, I’m not there anymore. It’s too easy to walk away from me,” she explained. Reid added that a new challenge might be writing books outside of hockey, even the romance genre, whether that’s a dark comedy or a screenplay. “I would like to prove to myself that I can do it,” she insisted.
But wherever her pen takes her, Reid said characters and their emotions will remain the foundation of her work. “The most important thing is mastering the character,” she said with a double take about her. Hot competition Books, where characters jump in and out of family.
Reid will publish her seventh book peerlessin Game changers The series will be released in June 2027.
