The story of the husband-murdering author of “How to Murder Your Husband” is coming to Lifetime.
For today’s entry in Stories That Simply Feel Right: The tale of Nancy Crampton Brophy—self-published romance novelist and author of the (in retrospect, ill-advised) essay “How to Murder Your Husband,” who was recently convicted of, yes, murdering her husband—is coming to Lifetime.
The movie, How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story, stars Cybill Shepherd as Brophy and Steve Guttenberg(!) as the late Daniel Craig Brophy.
The trailer is a real treat, particularly this snippet of an extremely triggering for writers exchange between the spouses:
Daniel: What does it matter if the books get published?
Nancy: What are you trying to say?
I have no idea if the real-life murder was in any way motivated by Daniel’s unhelpful comments about Nancy’s writing career (according to the prosecution, it was more about the $1.4 million life insurance policy), but as a plot point… I like it. You can watch the trailer below, with the full movie premiering January 14 on Lifetime (television for women [writers]).
[h/t Fox12 Oregon]
Jessie Gaynor
Jessie Gaynor is a senior editor at Lit Hub whose writing has appeared in McSweeney's, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and elsewhere. Her debut novel, The Glow was published by Random House in 2023. You can buy it here.
