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Author Jessica Knoll on Power Dynamics in Her New Novel Helpless
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- Jul 9, 2026
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- 1808
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Summary
Jessica Knoll is the best-selling author of the novels Luckiest Girl Alive, Bright Young Women, and The Favorite Sister. On this episode, Knoll discusses how her own relationship with money and power informed the writing in her newest novel Helpless, which hit shelves on July 7. She also delves into what true success as a novelist would look like to her and how she feels in retrospect about her 2018 New York Times opinion piece "I Want to Be Rich and I'm Not Sorry." Order Helpless here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Helpless/Jessica-Knoll/9781668062302