{"id":27296,"date":"2024-04-03T09:55:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T13:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/stars-collective-options-shawn-m-warner-ya-murder-mystery\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T11:15:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:15:56","slug":"stars-collective-options-shawn-m-warner-ya-murder-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/stars-collective-options-shawn-m-warner-ya-murder-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars Collective Options Shawn M. Warner YA Murder Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stars Collective has optioned Shawn M. Warner\u2019s<em> Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor<\/em> to explore potential TV and film adaptations.<\/p>\n<p>The YA murder mystery novel, which went viral on TikTok in 2023 and became a number one bestseller on Amazon Books, centers on an orphaned teenage girl who teams up with a ghost with multiple personalities to solve her parents\u2019 murder.<\/p>\n<p>Warner is a former Army paratrooper who dreamed of becoming a writer. In 2023, at a grocery store in Fort Worth, Texas, someone noticed Warner sitting among stacks of his books at a table to promote and sign them. The person posted a video of his interaction with Warner, where Warner explained the premise of the novel. The post went viral, garnering over 25 million views and over 3 million likes. The book then became a number one bestseller on Amazon Books and the story was covered by national media, including on<em> The Today Show<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>A sequel is in the works, as well as a separate novel, <em>Homeland Insecurity<\/em>, about a group of teens getting caught in the crosshairs of an international terrorist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Leigh Howard<\/em> is a masterfully written and astutely crafted story that extends seamlessly into a four quadrant franchise for film and TV,\u201d said Peter Luo, founder of Stars Collective. \u201cOur intent is to tell epic stories on screen and help expand this universe alongside Shawn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe phenomenon of this novel is real, and there is palpable passion and affinity underpinning the virality,\u201d added Nancy Xu, co-CEO of Stars Collective. \u201cWe\u2019re attracted to strong IP that has universal appeal, and <em>Leigh Howard<\/em> has proven that it resonates with audiences around the world who would love to see versions played out in a movie or TV series.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to collaborate with Stars Collective to bring <em>Leigh Howard<\/em> into a media production where audiences can participate in the hijinks and sleuthing of Leigh as she partners with a ghost with multiple personalities to solve the mystery of her parents\u2019 murder,\u201d Warner said.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cAdventure. Excitement. I love them. The first books I remember reading were the courageous and heroic adventures of a horse named Blaze and his youthful owner, Billy, written and illustrated by Clarence William Anderson in the mid-1930s. Hooked, I tried to write adventure stories of my own around the age of six. I\u2019ve amassed my own adventures as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne, scuba diver, working as a therapist with youth and wrote stories through software coding before finally sinking into writing later in life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stars Collective has optioned Shawn M. 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