Little Disasters: Waterstone's Thriller of the Month - and a TV option

Little Disasters is published in paperback in a couple of days - and I’m absolutely delighted that this coincides with it being picked by Waterstone’s as their Thriller of the Month for March. It feels like such an accolade to have it chosen, tempered only by the fact that, of course, no bookshops are currently open. But of course you can buy it online….

As well as Waterstone’s, Little Disasters will also be available in Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Waitrose and WH Smith’s - as well as all good independent bookshops via Bookshop.org.

And there’s some other excellent news. While the filming of Anatomy of a Scandal continues - see coverage of Sienna Miller and Rupert Friend here and here, and Michelle Dockery here - Little Disasters has just been optioned by Rough Cut Productions, headed by The Office’s Ash Atalla, to be a “high-end drama series.” Here’s the full Deadline story which describes me as “hot property” - something that has never happened before. The Rough Cut team are very energised and are currently interviewing screen writers. I’ll be an executive producer, as I have been for Anatomy. I’ve absolutely loved seeing Kate, James and Sophie come to life in a different medium, and I’d love it if Jess, Liz, Ed, Mel and Charlotte had the same opportunity. In the meantime, I do hope you enjoy their company - or at least are intrigued, moved and perhaps appalled by them, if you buy the book.