2 min read Throughout her career as an author, screenwriter, and producer, Jessica Knoll has used fiction to respond to real-world questions—a skill she credits to her years as a magazine editor, where she was coached to "find the timely way into something." Her first novel, Luckiest Girl Alive, touches on sexual assault and the pressure on women to craft a seemingly perfect life. Her second book, The Favorite Sister, examines the inner workings of reality television.