A writer based in Los Angeles, Danler’s debut novel Sweetbitter was selected as an NPR Best Book of 2016 and ranked on the New York Times‘ Hardcover Fiction Best-Seller List, reaching #10; the Los Angeles Times‘ Best Seller List at #2 and the Paperback Fiction List at #6; Amazon Top 100 at #28 and USA Today‘s Best-Selling Books List.
Senior Vice President of Original Programming Ken Segna and Vice President of Original Programming Patrick McDonald are the Starz executives in charge of Sweetbitter.
It also reached #10 on the Publishers Weekly Hardcover Fiction list and #13 on the IndieBound Hardcover Fiction list.
Starz retains all global distribution and home entertainment rights to the series.