#54: How the Lucky Adaptation Came to Life with Marissa Stapley

This week on Off The Shelf, Morgann sits down with bestselling Canadian author Marissa Stapley, whose novel Lucky became Reese's Book Club's first-ever Canadian pick and is now being adapted into an Apple TV+ series starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Drew Starkey, and Annette Bening. Marissa shares the heartbreaking story behind writing Lucky while caring for her mom, how Reese Witherspoon discovered the book, what it was really like keeping the Reese's Book Club secret, and why she always pictured Anya Taylor-Joy as Lucky. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Intro & Welcome00:35 - Why Marissa always knew she'd be a writer03:25 - Her first novel that never made it to shelves04:40 - How journalism shaped her writing career06:02 - Ranking her wildest jobs (including cemetery gardener)09:06 - Why she writes under multiple pen names11:06 - How co-writing a novel actually works12:44 - TV writing vs. novel writing14:30 - The inspiration behind Lucky17:06 - Creating Lucky Armstrong20:22 - Writing Lucky while caring for her mom22:30 - Becoming Reese's first Canadian Book Club pick25:23 - Keeping the Reese's Book Club secret27:56 - How the Apple TV+ adaptation came together30:40 - Manifesting Anya Taylor-Joy as Lucky35:04 - Visiting the set of Lucky40:11 - The biggest changes from book to TV series42:09 - Which episode Marissa can't stop thinking about44:04 - What to expect from the Lucky sequelFOLLOW US:Morgann BookTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morgannbook?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morgannbook/?hl=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MorgannBook Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/morgannbook Marissa StapleyInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/marissastapley/Find her books at Indigo: https://www.indigo.ca/pages/contributor/Marissa-StapleyFind her books at Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/search?attributes.contributorId=16235074&contributorName=Marissa%20StapleyOff The ShelfInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/offtheshelf.podcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@offtheshelf.podcast?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Off.TheShelfPodcast Hosted by: Morgann BookCreated by: Bookish Media, Morgann Book, and Thomas Johnston Executive Producers: Morgann Book & Thomas Johnston Produced by: Stefanie MacchiusiAssociate Post Producer and Editor: Ricki Biramontes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.