Jocelyn Nicole Johnson’s upcoming debut novella, “My Monticello,” is set to receive a film adaptation from Chernin Entertainment for Netflix. The streamer has acquired the rights …
The streamer has acquired the rights to Johnson’s novella, which will be published on Oct. 5 in the U.S. through Henry Holt and Co., and via Harvill Secker in the U.K. on Nov. 4.
A finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize, the work has been called “a badass debut by any measure — nimble, knowing, and electrifying” by Colson Whitehead, “absolutely unforgettable” by Roxane Gay, “stunning” by Charles Yu, and “vital and unlike anything else you’ve known before … a voice brimming with both heart and imagination” by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.
Parker is a Brooklyn-based writer, who was the first person to transfer from a community college to Harvard. After graduating, he moved to Myanmar, where he began making documentaries on human rights for the United Nations. After similar work in Southeast Asia, Tanzania and Haiti, he attended Columbia’s MFA Film Program, where he won the FMI directing award. He is represented by CAA, Grandview and attorney Lev Ginsberg.
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