Who wrote the best seller 'The Lovely Bones'?
The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones The Lovely Bones is a 2002 novel by American writer Alice Sebold. It is the story of a teenage girl who, after being raped and murdered, watches from her personal Heaven as her family and friends struggle to move on with their lives while she comes to terms with her own death. The novel received critical praise and became an instant bestseller. A film adaptation, directed by Peter Jackson, who personally purchased the rights, was released in 2009. The novel's title is taken from a quotation at the story's conclusion, when Susie ponders her friends' and family's
The Lovely Bones (film) manuscript, and an insider informed Film4's deputy head of production, Jim Wilson, of the project. The company attached Luc Besson and Peyronnet's production company Seaside to the project, two years before the novel's release. By February 2001, Lynne Ramsay was hired to direct and write the film adaptation of the novel. In July 2002, Channel 4 shut down Film4, causing Hollywood studios and producers to pursue acquisition of feature film rights to "The Lovely Bones", which had spent multiple weeks at the top of the "New York Times" Best Seller list. The film adaptation, which had been estimated at a