THE WALKING DEAD , Game of Thrones, Outlander: Some of the best genre fare on TV is based on books. Yet, until relatively recently, most authors had little to do with the development of shows based on their work. Often, studios would option a book, and then try to keep the original author at arm’s length during the production process, says Ty Franck, who along with Daniel Abraham writes the Expanse science-fiction novels under the name James S.A. Corey.
Thanks to HBO’s success with George R.R. Martin’s fantasy saga, though, other networks working on literary adaptations are taking pains to stay true to source material—and even letting the original authors into that most sacred of spaces, the TV writers’ room. Both Franck and Abraham work on Syfy’s The Expanse, and have already written three scripts for the series. Neil Gaiman has penned episodes for the upcoming adaptation of American Gods, and wrote all six installments of the upcoming Amazon series based on Good Omens, the apocalyptic comedy he co-wrote with Terry Pratchett. Patrick Rothfuss is creating new characters and storylines for the Kingkiller Chronicle TV show. In some of Hollywood’s hottest book-to-TV projects, authors are inching into the process. It just took them a while to get there.
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