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Hi. It's me again. The TV series adaptation of my novel "Anxious People" premieres on Netflix on December 29. I've gotten a few questions about it so I'll try to give some short answers here. First: "Where is it available?" On Netflix. Second: "Did you write the script?" No. "Why not?" Well, because I don't know how. And because my wife and I have had a policy, with this and all other movie/TV projects, to let the directors and producers find their own voice and interpretation of my stories. We do this because I'm really bad at meetings (I either talk too little or talk too much and I eat all the snacks and I get into too many fights because I'm apparently "too emotional" and I "take everything personal" and a couple of other things). But we also do it because I already told this story. I told it in the very best way I was capable of, I gave it my absolute everything, and I did it in the one way I know how: Writing it as a novel. I don't know how to adapt that into anything else, other voices need to do that. And I don't think they can do that with me hovering around them and interfering with their work. So I move out of their way and go sit alone in a room and write more books instead. I think that's best for everyone. Maybe somewhere down the line I'll write something directly for the screen, we'll see, but for now this is the way my wife and I've chosen to do things. "Why is it in Swedish?" Well…because I'm Swedish. There's a few of us. And I'm really quite proud that this project, along with "Beartown" on HBO, was filmed in my own language. I hope it helps pave the way for other Swedish writers and filmmakers. (With that said there's a couple of projects in development based on other things I've written that are being filmed in English, but my wife's in charge of all that and I'm not allowed at the meetings because of the things and the stuff, so as soon as she lets me know how far they've come I'll let you know too.) That's all. Thanks for listening and reading and watching. Take care of yourselves.