Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown has written a novel.
Everyone has a novel in them, right? For actor Millie Bobby Brown, that novel is a fictionalized account of her grandmother’s experience of the Bethnal Green Tube Disaster, a horrific moment in WWII when hundreds of Londoners died while attempting to enter an underground shelter during an air raid. Said Brown of the book:
Inspired by my Nanny Ruth, this book is very personal and close to my heart. I grew up listening to stories about her time living through the war. I’m honored to keep her story alive.
It’d be easy to be snarky about a 19-year-old celebrity publishing historical fiction with a major US imprint (Morrow), but I haven’t read the book. Who knows, maybe Brown will follow in the footsteps of fellow thespians-turned-authors David Duchovny and Ethan Hawke? Morrow executive editor Liz Stein is pretty psyched about the book:
I was incredibly moved by the haunting, true tragedy at the core of the novel and enchanted by the unforgettable portrait of love in the time of war.
Translation: “Camera-ready global celebrities move units.”
Jonny Diamond
Jonny Diamond is the Editor in Chief of Literary Hub. He lives in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains with his wife and two sons, and is currently writing a cultural history of the axe for W.W. Norton. @JonnyDiamond, JonnyDiamond.me



















