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Jennifer Weiner signs seven-figure TV deal with ABC

“People who like things I deal with in my books,” will probably be into the television productions Jennifer Weiner is now signed to create and produce for ABC, the Queen Village author told us this morning. Weiner says she has ideas dealing with “Families, relationships, body-image, it’s my voice and things that interest me,” though she declined to get any more specific about any of her possible projects

“People who like things I deal with in my books,” will probably be into the television productions

is now signed to create and produce for ABC, the Queen Village author told us this morning. Weiner says she has ideas dealing with “Families, relationships, body-image, it’s my voice and things that interest me,” though she declined to get any more specific about any of her possible projects. The

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that the bestselling writer and former

reporter had signed a “seven-figure...two-year overall deal” with ABC Studios for which she will create and oversee one or more new series. “I’m really excited because TV is a great medium to do interesting things with characters that might not work as books,” Weiner says. The deal does not specify a number of ideas she’s supposed to develop for ABC. Weiner's “In Her Shoes" became a 2005 movie shot here starring

and

. Meanwhile “Little Earthquakes" is in development at Universal, and a short story "The Guy Not Taken" is in the works at DreamWorks

. Weiner's "Certain Girls" was published this month.