in 2005, she published "mozart in the jungle: sex, drugs, and classical music" (atlantic monthly press), a memoir of her experiences in the classical music world, which national public radio named one of the top five arts stories of the year. her book was also lauded by musicologist richard taruskin in "the new republic" as "the smartest take on [the classical music] situation". in 2014, the book was adapted for an amazon studios web video series of the same name. the pilot was written by roman coppola, jason schwartzman, and alex timbers, and directed by paul weitz. the series stars lola kirke, malcolm mcdowell, saffron burrows, bernadette peters, and gael garcia bernal.