The Thief is the first book in Turner’s The Queen’s Thief book series and tells the story of a charismatic boy named Gen, aka Eugenides the thief.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney has picked up author Megan Whalen Turner’s YA fantasy novel The Thief for a feature adaptation written by Brian Duffield (Love and Monsters, Underwater, The Babysitter).
The sixth and final book in The Queen’s Thief series, Return of the Thief, was published this year by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins.
Turner’s first book in her series was released in 1996 and earned a Newbery Honor award in 1997.