The Leisure Seeker is a romantic comedy novel written by American author Michael Zadoorian, published in 2009.

Booklist, in a starred review stated: ''The Leisure Seeker is pretty much like life itself: joyous, painful, funny, moving, tragic, mysterious, and not to be missed.''

The Los Angeles Times review called the novel a "heartfelt story of the grown children dealing with 'stuff,' both physical and emotional, left over after the death of their parents".

[4] The script was adapted by Francesca Archibugi, Francesco Piccolo, Stephen Amidon and Virzi.

Filming commenced in July, 2016 in Georgia and wrapped September 2016 in Key West, Florida.