[1] Universal Pictures has acquired the movie rights to The Giver of Stars, and the feature film is in the early stages of production.

[5] Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve, hoping to escape her stifling life in England.

So, when a call goes out for a team of women to deliver books as part of Eleanor Roosevelt's new traveling library, Alice signs on enthusiastically.

[6][7] A spokeswoman for Sourcebooks said, “We were made aware of the similarities and upon review by our legal team, it was determined that Sourcebooks would not be taking any further course of action.”[7] Richardson's finished manuscript was submitted to several imprints at Penguin Random House in September 2017, but the publisher claimed it could not publish the work given the very poor sales of Richardson's previous books.

Richardson chose not to engage her own counsel to pursue a legal claim in court, and instead addressed her accusations to BuzzFeed News.