Miss Sweetie takes her voice to a new stage. According to Variety, Stacey Lee’s novel, “The Downstairs Girl,” is being developed as a half-hour series at Bound Entertainment, a Korea-based studio that focuses on stories and talents from and about the Asian diaspora. Published in 2019, the best-selling book tracks a young woman who works as a maid and lights the moon as a newspaper columnist under a pseudonym.
“The Downstairs Girl”, set in 1890 in Atlanta, tells the story of 17-year-old Joe Kwan, “who lives with her guardian, Old Jane, secretly in a cellar. She works as a maid in one of the richest families during the day and writes anonymously under Miss Sweetie’s name is for a newspaper at night; helping to resolve societal disputes that include race, gender bias, feminism, and old civility, “according to the source. “Finding her voice lends itself to Joe, who has the courage to face the questions and secrets of her family and her identity.”
Founder Lee and Bound Samuel Ha will produce the mod. WGA and Emmy Award-winning “Ghostwriter” Aminta Goyel will write the project.
“I grew up as a Korean American in the South, and I’ve always wanted to tell stories that feature people who are similar to me in our history, in the area where I grew up,” Ha said. “Asians are in every corner of the United States and in our history, and it has always been Pound’s priority to include them in the stories we tell. Stacy has been a pioneer in seeing the possibility of characters in our history that we might have overlooked, and we’re excited that Aminta is working with us to deliver the delightful YA story.” This is authentic to the screen. “
He told me, “I am excited for Miss Sweetie to enter the homes of contemporary viewers, who might not have imagined that such a heroine could be found in 1890 in Atlanta. Writing” The Downstairs Girl “was a joy to write, and I am honored to collaborate with Bound Entertainment to get her off the page. To the screen! ”
Lee is also the author of “Outrun the Moon”, “Under a Painted Sky” and “The Secret of a Heart Note”. The first won the 2017 Pen Center Prize for Youth Literature, and the YA Book of the Year Award for the Asia Pacific American Association of Librarians. Lee, a fourth-generation Chinese American, helped found the We Need Diverse Books movement.
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