Jayne Allen’s Black Girls trilogy of novels is headed to the small screen, Deadline reports.
AGC Television has optioned the rights to Allen’s series of books, which kicked off in 2018 with Black Girls Must Die Exhausted. The novel follows Tabitha Walker, a 33-year-old journalist in Los Angeles, whose life takes an unexpected turn when she receives a medical diagnosis related to stress. A critic for Kirkus called the book “a charming tale about a reporter deciding what she wants from life.
Allen followed the novel up in February with Black Girls Must Be Magic, which also features Tabitha, this time as she navigates a pregnancy. The third book in the trilogy is in the works.
Allen will serve as an executive producer of the series.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled to partner with the visionary AGC team to bring the everyday magic of Tabitha Walker and her friends to life on the screen,” Allen told Deadline.
She also announced news of the series on Instagram, writing, “Some stories have happy endings and some happy endings are that the story continues!…It has been such an honor to shepherd this project to this point and I’m so excited that the team is getting bigger, better, and more brilliant!”
Michael Schaub is a Texas-based journalist and regular contributor to NPR.
