Author Ruth Ware still remembers the moment she found out Reese Witherspoon was a fan of her work. On Oct. 29, the bestselling thriller writer answered questions submitted by members of the online literary community BookThreads during an Ask Me Anything session on Threads. When asked about the opportunity that changed her life, Ware said it had to do with finding a fan in a famous book lover. “I guess the answer for me is — writing my books!” Ware wrote. “I never expected them to take off the way they did – and I still remember…my agent calling and saying ‘Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood In a dark dark forest‘ and almost dropped the phone. The decision to write that book literally changed my life!” In 2018 Deadline reported that Witherspoon and producer Bruno Papandrea are further developing a film adaptation In a dark dark forestafter bringing writer Arash Amel on the project. Witherspoon also selected Ware’s novel, The lying gameas a 2017 selection for her book club, Reese’s Book Club.
‘One Perfect Couple’ by Ruth Ware.
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Ware’s last novel, One perfect couplewas published in May by Gallery/Scout Press. The novel follows five couples who compete against each other in a fictional reality show of the same name. As the show progresses, things change for the contestants, once they realize that the game may have something sinister at stake.
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Ware also said during the AMAs that the book, which Threads chose for the October book club, was partially inspired by a conversation she had with author Gillian McAllister. “We talked about Traitors TV shows and reality TV in general, and I said it’s a miracle more of those shows don’t end in murder,” Ware wrote. “[McAllister] said ‘Sounds like a Ruth Ware novel’ and the idea for OPC was born.”
The PEOPLE Puzzler has arrived! How fast can you solve it? Play now! The fictional TV series in the novel also has some similarities to popular real-life reality shows, the author added.
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Ruth Ware at Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival 2023.
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“But the show ended up closer in my book Survived or Island of love of Traitors,” Ware wrote. “I’m fascinated by truth and reality and the facade we all try to present to the world.”
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Ware is also the author of bestselling thrillers such as one by one and Woman in cabin 10. In May, Netflix announced that Keira Knightly will star in the upcoming film adaptation of the latter novel, to be directed by Simon Stone. Another movie version Woman in cabin 10 was previously announced in 2017. In the Threads AMA, Ware also shared that she often gets her book ideas from places like podcasts and newspaper articles.
Never miss a story — subscribe to PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. “I will often become anxious about something I see appearing in print, and decide to explore that anxiety in a book,” Ware wrote. “Anything that makes you uncomfortable makes a good plot, I think.”
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