‘Bridgerton’ Author Julia Quinn on How Shonda Rhimes Unexpectedly Discovered Her Book Series

I started reading this woman’s books over 15yrs ago, and absolutely loved them….i will never understand why these networks don’t adapt more books, there’s so much great material out there

It’s crazy how Bridgerton is the most watched show on Netflix. It’s just pushed the Witcher to number 2 yet everyone underestimated it. I’m so happy for her.

Ok, time to petition for “The Bridgerton” Ben & Jerry’s flavor 🙌🙌.

Could not have happened to a nicer person. Love the books, Love Julia, so excited about the success of Bridgerton.

I hate that Shonda Rhimes was ignored at the Golden Globes this year. Still, she and Julia have the best award possible: OUR adoration for their series! I hope Ben & Jerry's sees this and starts mixing that Vanilla, Caramel and Chocolate ice creams with truffles so we can have a Bridgerton flavor. 🤗🥰

At 6:18, when she said “I’m one person… I can only be as diverse as I am,“ it struck a chord. I wish more writers, producers, and directors had this mindset instead of trying to create diversity out of their own sheltered experiences. When they do that, it never turns out right; it always ends up full of stereotypes and very surface level racial conversations that never really touch on anything. Edit: Because some people think that I am saying that white writer should not write diverse casts, I figured I should clarify. I absolutely think that white writer should write diverse casts, and I also think that when they write diverse casts, they need to have a diverse sounding board. Why her words struck a chord with me was because she actually admitted that she is not as well-versed in writing a diverse cast as she could be, so she brought in diverse writers who brought in diverse ideas. She understood that as a white woman, she could only be so diverse without it being disingenuous. That is what struck a chord with me. It was such a heavy contrast to white writers who simply write diverse casts because it’s popular right now, and they fall back onto their preconceived notions and stereotypes about said diversity. Hope that clears things up.

If I hadn’t already been a fan of Julia Quinn, this conversation would have sealed the deal. She’s terrific!

I just donated like six of her books to my local library in April when cleaning & decluttering. I’m crying now. I read her books 10years ago. Love her body of work. Going to order her books on my kindle.

This is a great conversation with intelligent people.

Haha I love the way Quinn treats her characters like her babies 😂 "Anthony...he's so gonna get it"...I envy that feeling ..must be so wonderful for an author to see your works to be faithfully adapted😀

Julia Quinn is such a lovely person. I follow her her on social media and she's so tickled by all of the hoopla surrounding the series. As someone who has been a fan since I was a kid, I'm so happy to see this additional success for her.

She is so humble and kind, wow and I love she pointed out the intimate scenes are more attractive because it’s from a woman’s view

I donated about 80% of my paperback collections when I got the first Kindle but I’m so glad I kept my Bridgerton collection. I read those books way back before Kindle even came out and I loved the books so much I just had to keep them. I didn’t really pay too much attention when I heard that Shonda was coming out with a show called Bridgerton but when I saw the trailer a week from it’s release I screamed. I had to Google the show just to make sure it was centered around the books and that my eyes and ears weren’t deceiving me. Thank God I was on vacation the whole week so I could binge the whole series and reread the books. Can’t wait to see what they do with season 2.

Julia's energy is soo pure. I'm really happy for her success.

Finally she is getting the credit she deserves. Love you Julia!

I'm on the 3rd round of re-watching this series. Can't wait for season 2.

I absolutely love Julia. For someone who is so successful, she is really humble. ❤️

Good reflection when she said oh people are searching for the steamy scenes. Indeed those are not different from sexy scenes we’ve seen I mean related to how sexy or explicit is the scene, however having the woman-centered that changed everything, that was so cool !! And I got really surprised and you know happy having the scenes portrayed focused on women gaze. Love that! We commonly learn about sex and watch shows on tv from men perspectives and we sometimes loose ourselves as women. There is so much reflection/discussion this Bridgerton show has brought to the table! So glad this is happening 💕💕

I hope season 2 will be just as good or even better but I won’t hold my breath. I think one of the reason why season 1 was such a hit was because of the chemistry between Daphne and Simon. They sold us a love story and I don’t think anyone else will be able to do that again.

...from a "female centered gaze"...of course it's more sexy...love it