Jennifer Weiner, the creator of the Good in Mattress novel being tailored by Mindy Kaling for Max, has signed with Verve for movie and TV illustration.
Weiner, backed by Verve, will look to future display variations of her library titles as they discover new audiences. In all, she has written 21 books, with 11 million copies printed in 36 languages.
“I’m thrilled to be working with Verve. I’m so impressed by the power and fervour of the group, and excited concerning the prospects of sharing my tales with audiences around the globe,” Weiner stated in a press release on Friday.
Good in Mattress, Weiner’s literary debut, is in improvement with Kaling to star in and produce together with Good Concern Content material, with the novel’s author government producing. The semi-autobiographical story facilities on an up-and-coming journalist in Philadelphia who offers with shaky vanity, a fresh-out-of-the-closet mother, an absent father and the man who broke her coronary heart.
In the middle of one eventful 12 months, with the assistance of a fairy godmother/film star finest pal, the journalist weathers public humiliation, finds real love and learns to just accept herself, and her life, in all of its messy, imperfect glory.
Weiner’s different e-book variations embody In Her Footwear, which turned a film starring Toni Collette, Cameron Diaz and Shirley MacLaine; and Mrs. All the things, at the moment in improvement with Sister Footage, with Weiner additionally government producing. She has additionally written Summer season Place, That Summer season and Massive Summer season.
Weiner additionally pens essays on household, feminism, physique points and popular culture for The New York Instances.
Weiner signed a five-book cope with William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. The primary one, The Griffin Sisters’ Best Hits, is about within the pop music world of the early aughts and the current day and facilities on three ladies who come to know the rewards — and prices — of fame. It will likely be printed in 2025.
Weiner’s literary agent is Celeste Nice, companion and co-founder of Park & Nice Literary and Media. She can be represented by Good Concern Content material and legal professional Joe Weiner of Miloknay Weiner.