Usually, we email more than we do phone calls. I was just sitting in Starbucks, and I got a phone call from my agent.

POPSUGAR: I want to go back to when you first heard from Shondaland about taking the Bridgerton books to the screen - what was that feeling? Keep reading for more about Quinn's new companion book to the Netflix series 'Queen Charlotte.' So I'll move that conversation here, move this one over there.' It was a really fun process.'

'Being like, 'I really like this conversation here, but I can't put it there because that scene is in somebody else's point of view. Piecing together the book was 'really very much like a puzzle, fitting the pieces around,' Quinn says. And so that was really fun.' It also gave her more room to dive deep into George's personal struggles and really build how Charlotte learns that her husband is unwell, she adds. 'In the book, you actually get to see what they're talking about. 'In the show, at the wedding, you've seen them dancing, and it's super romantic,' Quinn elaborates. 'And that's part of the way that I wanted to really build the romance even more.'

'One of the things about a book versus a television show is now we can go into the characters' heads,' Quinn notes. I mean, it's Shonda.'īut Quinn relished the opportunity to further flesh out the characters played on screen by India Amarteifio and Corey Mylchreest, among others. And there was some pressure because I needed to do something Shonda would be proud of. 'I mean, I just felt so complimented by it. The project meant Rhimes afforded Quinn the same trust the latter put into the iconic TV producer and creator with her original book series: 'Wow, Shonda Rhimes is trusting me to take her baby and run with it,' Quinn, 53, reflects of writing her latest romance novel. So she did her thing, and then I did my thing.'

'I think people sort of thought we were off in a room somewhere ,' Quinn tells POPSUGAR. Whereas Quinn's Bridgerton book series inspired the similarly titled show, Netflix adaptation's spinoff project served as the seed for the 'Queen Charlotte' book. Just days after 'Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story' began streaming on Netflix this month, author Julia Quinn's novelization of the drama series was published. Millions of fans across the world have now watched Queen Charlotte and King George fall in love, against the odds, in the new spinoff of Netflix's immensely popular show 'Bridgerton.' And while their palpable chemistry and steamy love scenes have likely inspired a fresh slate of fan fiction, the onscreen lovers' tale already continues on the page, thanks to the woman responsible for the entire Bridgerton universe.

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