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‘The Favorites’ Author Layne Fargo on Which Olympians Inspired Her Characters, Whether She’d Write a Sequel and Being Optioned for TV


Layne Fargo details which Olympians inspired 'The Favorites,' whether she'd write a sequel and reveals the book has been optioned for TV.

An epic love story set in the sparkling, savage sphere of elite figure skating, starring a woman determined to carve her own path on and off the ice.” “This was a book I wrote for myself about things I was obsessed with,” says Fargo, a longtime viewer of figure skating competitions on TV and a big “Wuthering Heights” fan. “The Favorites” landed a promo video trailer, as well as an audiobook with stellar voice actors — and former skater Johnny Weir in the cast.

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