Made Up Stories Options Things Will Calm Down Soon

Made Up Stories has optioned Things Will Calm Down Soon, the newest novel from Australian author Zoë Foster Blake.

The book centers on 30-year-old A-list hair stylist Kit Cooper, an undeniably successful woman who remains restless. It follows as she builds a brand, team and multi-million-dollar business while single parenting, managing an unreliable partner and a dysfunctional wider family, and handling her anxiety, imposter syndrome and busy schedule in the alien world of investors, suits and mergers and acquisitions.

Bruna Papandrea (Nine Perfect Strangers, Pieces of Her, The Undoing), who leads Made Up Stories, will executive produce, as will Steve Hutensky and Katie Amos. Foster Blake will also executive produce.

“As a female founder, a mother and a lover of books, I knew immediately I had to bring Zoë’s brilliant complex and aspirational book to life as a U.S.-set TV series,” Papandrea said. “I continue to be inspired to make super fun things I desperately want to see, and the world needs to meet Kit, a woman who reminds me of so many kickass women I know.”

Foster Blake added, “Bruna is a passionate and proven champion of Australian female authors and their work, and I couldn’t think of anyone more suited or more formidable than Made Up Stories to bring to life the characters and world of Things Will Calm Down Soon. I’m delighted; I’m excited.”