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Who remembers when Lauren Oliver‘s addicting book, “Delirium”, was going to be turned into a television show, and then it just didn’t happen?

JJJ definitely remembers and while speaking with the author recently about her newest book “Broken Things”, we had to chat about what happened with the series, and what she thought went wrong, if anything.

But, we didn’t get far in finding out.

“I actually was very much excluded from the pilot process, so I’m unsure why the adaptation didn’t really succeed,” Lauren told us about the series which originally starred Emma Roberts, Daren Kagasoff and Gregg Sulkin.

But she’s not giving up hope about a visual adaption though. “I am still scheming ways to adapt it, though!” she shared.

And let’s not forget, too, that her other book, “Panic” is becoming a series at Amazon.

“We start filming in September and I am SO excited about the cast we have assembled, about our director, Leigh Janiak, and about our show runner, Elle Triedman,” Lauren gushed. “It’s awesome to be working with so many talented women to bring this story to life. It’s always been one of the books I am proudest of.”

We can’t wait to hear more about both!

Lauren Oliver has a brand new book coming out and JJJ has the exclusive scoop!

Out on October 2nd, “Broken Things” centers on three best friends – Mia, Brynn and Summer. Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed Summer – but they didn’t do it.

On the anniversary of Summer’s death, a seemingly insignificant discovery resurrects the mystery and pulls Mia and Brynn back together once again, to solve it.

“This book was loosely inspired by real-life cases involving obsession with fiction and the explosions of violence that can result from a collapse of reality,” Lauren tells us of the inspiration for the novel.

Friendship themes though is something that was always important to her. “It speaks to themes of friendship, fantasy, and toxic versions of love that have long interested me to explore.”

Lauren also told us about how the book was actually really difficult to write, especially from an “emotional standpoint.”

“I loved all the girls, even Summer, who is so troubled, and had difficulty following them down into the darkest points of the story,” she says. “It was the first time I have ever been scared while writing a scene–the one thing I didn’t really know, even as the author, was what occurred that day between the three girls in the woods. I discovered it as I was writing.”

Lauren added that the biggest thing that she hopes readers will learn is the “power of stories themselves: The wrong ones entrap us. The right ones set us free.”

Check out the book trailer below!