Knoll’s 2015 bestseller follows Ani FaNelli, a survivor of sexual assault. A year after her book’s publication, Knoll came forward with the story’s inspiration — that she was a survivor herself: 'There was so much of me and my own story and my voice.'
was optioned early on, she was determined to be the one to bring the story to life for the screen. The only caveat: She didn’t have any experience in screenwriting.
“I was completely 100 percent obsessed [and] fixated on being the one to adapt it myself, even though I didn’t have any screenwriting experience. I would have these conversations with my agent constantly: ‘How do we do this? How do we get them to give me a shot? I know if they’ll just give me a shot that I can do this,'” Knoll told
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