And so I'm grateful that more eyes may be turned to these, but I can't pretend that I didn't feel a certain amount of grief when I thought about the characters that I had in my head and that readers have been able to envision and create in fan art would essentially be replaced by actors. Books are in a constant battle for attention in a very crowded media scape. And there's a radical difference between who can be reached from the shelves of a bookstore and who can be reached through Netflix's subscribers. I've always wanted these stories to reach as many people as they could. On seeing her work adapted for television 'I never want people to feel like fantasy and romance and magic and adventure belong to just one kind of person,' Leigh Bardugo says. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. And so I felt very grateful to actually be able to be involved and also then to feel very excited and proud of the work we've done,' Bardugo tells NPR's Michel Martin on All Things Considered. I think adaptation can be a really awful process. 'It's a little like being locked out of your own house and watching somebody eat your food and put their feet on your couch and you're standing outside the window banging to be let in. While fans of the books are undoubtedly nervous to see their favorite characters come to life, they might find some relief in the fact that Bardugo served as an executive producer on Shadow and Bone. Bardugo's work in the Grishaverse has also received widespread critical acclaim: Six of Crows was featured on Time magazine's list of 'The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time.' Fans from across the world have dedicated countless hours to writing lengthy fanfics, drawing stunning fan art, and making BookTok memes about the series and its morally gray characters. Bardugo's work in the Grishaverse has remained a darling of the young adult fantasy world for years.

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