Jodi Picoult’s ‘Book of Two Ways’ in development as a Netflix series

Netflix is ​​developing a series version of the Jodi Picoult novel ‘The Book of Two Ways’ Variety learned exclusively from sources.

The project comes from Matthew B. Roberts, who will write the adaptation in addition to executive producing and showrunner. Sony Pictures Television, where Roberts has an overall deal, will produce.

Netflix declined to comment. Representatives for Roberts and Picoult declined to comment.

“The Book of Two Ways” was originally published in 2020. The book follows a woman, Dawn Edelstein, who survives a plane crash and begins to see two divergent paths for her future – one in which she returns to Boston with her husband and child, and another in which she returns to a career in Egyptology and a lover she left behind.

Roberts is best known for his work in the “Outlander” franchise, another Sony TV production. Roberts started as a writer and producer on “Outlander” and eventually worked his way up to showrunner. He is also the developer and showrunner of the prequel series ‘Outlander: Blood of My Blood’. The eighth and final season of ‘Outlander’ is currently airing, with the series finale set to air on May 15. Meanwhile, ‘Blood of My Blood’ is preparing to launch its second season later in 2026.

Along with ‘The Book of Two Ways’, Picoult is the author of books such as ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, ‘Nineteen Minutes’, ‘The Storyteller’, ‘A Spark of Light’, ‘Wish You Were Here’, ‘Mad Honey’ and ‘By Any Other Name’. Four of her books – ‘The Pact’, ‘Plain Truth’, ‘The Tenth Circle’ and ‘Salem Falls’ – have previously been adapted for television. ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, meanwhile, was adapted into a film in 2009 starring Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin.

Roberts is represented by CAA and Morris Yorn. Picoult is repped by Laura Gross and WME.