Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaBound Entertainment is collaborating with Stacey Lee to develop a series adaptation of the young adult author’s coming-of-age novel, “The Downstairs Girl.”The book, a best-seller, is set in 1890 Atlanta.
It will follow a seventeen-year-old named Jo Kuan who lives with her guardian, Old Gin, secretly inside a basement. She works for one of the wealthiest families as a maid during the day and writes anonymously under the name, Miss Sweetie, for a newspaper by night; helping to solve the community disagreements that span race, gender bias, the women’s movement and old-fashioned civility.
Read more on variety.com