Moran to work on script for comic tale of teenage sex, drugs and music criticism that mirrors writers own rise through ranks of pop journalism
Caitlin Morans semi-autobiographical novel How to Build a Girl, about a Wolverhampton teenager who decamps to London and a new life as a libidinous music critic, is coming to the big screen, reports Variety.
Production company Monumental Pictures has picked up the film rights to the novel, which won excellent reviews and has sold more than half a million copies in more than 16 countries. Moran will adapt her own book alongside Scottish screenwriter and novelist John Niven. The film also has financial backing from Film4.
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