Editing Joyce Maynard (section)

== Fiction ==
Maynard published her first novel, ''Baby Love'', in 1981. Her 1992 novel ''To Die For'' drew from the [[Pamela Smart#Murder of Gregg Smart|Pamela Smart murder case]] and was adapted into a 1995 film, also called ''To Die For'', directed by [[Gus Van Sant]] and starring [[Nicole Kidman]], [[Matt Dillon]], and [[Joaquin Phoenix]]. In the late 1990s, she wrote to her readers in an online discussion forum, ''The Domestic Affairs Message Board''.

She published two books of [[young adult fiction]]: ''The Usual Rules'' (2003) and ''The Cloud Chamber'' (2005). Her [[true crime]] book ''Internal Combustion'' (2006) deals with the case of [[Nancy Seaman]], a Michigan resident convicted in 2004 of killing her husband. The novel ''[[Labor Day (novel)|Labor Day]]'' was published in 2009 and adapted into a movie, written and directed by [[Jason Reitman]] and starring [[Kate Winslet]] and [[Josh Brolin]]. Her other novels include ''The Good Daughters'' (2010), ''After Her'' (2013), and ''Under the Influence'' (2016).

In summer 2021, Maynard published ''Count the Ways'', a well-received novel about home, parenthood, love, and forgiveness. That autumn, she won The ''Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine'' 2021 for "''Où vivaient les gens heureux"'' (''Count the Ways''), published in France in August 2021 by Philippe Rey in a translation by Florence Lévy-Paoloni. 

In 2023, the 50th anniversary of ''Looking Back: A Chronicle of Growing Up Old in the Sixties'' was noted, with Maynard recording an audio version of the book. She said: "On every page, I read words written by my younger self that, if I could, I would have changed. The girl I used to be back then was naive and opinionated, frequently a prim know-it-all. In the pages of what purported to be the story of her life so far, she was also keeping a large secret. In the end though, as the days of recording came to an end, a rush of pure, tender protectiveness for that girl overtook me. I wished I could reach through the pages I was reading out loud and put my arms around that girl, tell her to be careful of her body, her gifts, her precious and breakable heart. As I finished reading the final paragraph into the microphone, I realized I was weeping."

In May 2023, Maynard's novel ''The Bird Hotel'' was published by Arcade.<ref>https://thebookreviewcrew.com/the-bird-hotel-a-review-by-shelley/ The Bird Hotel, a review by Shelley</ref> On August 24, 2023, Philippe Rey published it in France under the title ''L'hôtel des oiseaux'', translated by Florence Lévy-Paoloni.

Maynard's novel ''How the Light Gets In,'' published in June 2024 by William Morrow, is a sequel. It follows the characters of ''Count the Ways'' (2021) into the current American climate.