MacKenzie Scott's 2013 Vogue Profile Resurfaces as She Releases New Dystopian Novel on Substack
Vogue has reissued its March 2013 feature on MacKenzie Scott, formerly known as Bezos, coinciding with the release of her serialized dystopian work 'Last Days in Two Nations' on Substack. The piece, authored by Rebecca Johnson, delves into Scott's journey as a novelist, mother, and spouse of Amazon's founder, Jeff Bezos. It highlights her early career, including her education at Princeton, her debut novel 'The Testing of Luther Albright,' and her second book 'Traps' (2013). The article recounts her decade-long effort to complete her first novel, her four children, and the support she received from her husband. It also touches on their 1990s meeting, marriage, life in Seattle, and her approach to writing.
Key facts
- MacKenzie Scott's new novel 'Last Days in Two Nations' is a serialized dystopian work available free on Substack.
- The Vogue profile 'A Novel Perspective' by Rebecca Johnson was originally published in March 2013.
- Scott's first novel 'The Testing of Luther Albright' was published 20 years ago and named a Los Angeles Times book of the year.
- Her second novel 'Traps' was published in 2013.
- Toni Morrison called Scott 'one of the best students I’ve ever had in my creative-writing classes.'
- Scott and Jeff Bezos met at a New York hedge fund in the 1990s and married within six months.
- The couple has four children, three boys and one girl.
- Scott defended Amazon's impact on bookselling, saying 'Amazon has been great for readers.'
- Jeff Bezos referred to Scott's decision to publish elsewhere as 'the fish that got away.'
- Scott's new novel is available on Substack, a platform for writers.
Entities
Artists
- MacKenzie Scott
- Toni Morrison
- Rebecca Johnson
- Jeff Bezos
- Danny Hillis
- Alexa Albert
- Cormac McCarthy
- Anne Tyler
- Jane Smiley
- Kazuo Ishiguro
- Juan Carlos Obando
- Diane von Furstenberg
Institutions
- Vogue
- Princeton University
- Amazon.com
- Substack
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Costume Institute
- Hotchkiss School
- Los Angeles Times
Locations
- Bellevue
- United States
- Seattle
- San Francisco
- New York
- Los Angeles