First there’s a reason which is perhaps obvious: Authors have a closer relationship with their fans — and a massive megaphone — thanks to social media. “Just the norms around how one performs being an author — especially with a strong fan base — that relationship has evolved a lot over the last two decades along with the way in which they can communicate and experience people reading their works,” she says.

But also, filmic storytelling itself has dramatically changed just in the last several years. The combination of audience fragmentation (where studios no longer need to draw the largest possible viewership on every show) and streaming services collectively serving up hundreds of long-form titles a year now allows these stories to be adapted with a level of specificity and loyalty to the source material that wasn’t realistic before.