Who wrote the novel that Whit Stillman's newest film is based on?
Love &amp; Friendship Love & Friendship is a 2016 period comedy film written and directed by Whit Stillman. Based on Jane Austen's epistolary novel "Lady Susan", written ca. 1794, the film stars Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel, and Stephen Fry. The film follows recently widowed Lady Susan in her intrepid and calculating exploits to secure suitably wealthy husbands for her daughter and herself. Although adapted from "Lady Susan", the film was produced under the borrowed title of Austen's juvenile story "Love and Freindship" ["sic"] .
Under the Never Sky Under the Never Sky is a 2012 young adult debut novel by Veronica Rossi and is the first in a trilogy. The book follows two teens, a girl that has always lived within a protected city and a boy who is both a Night Seer and a Scire, as they attempt to survive. Film rights to the trilogy have been optioned by Warner Brothers Studios, with the novel being sold in more than 25 international markets. Book 2 of the trilogy, "Through the Ever Night," was released in the United States on January 8, 2013 and became both a New York Times and a USA Today Best Seller before the month was over. The final installment, "Into the Still Blue," was released January 28, 2014 however the final novel did not receive as much praise as the preceding books.