Cork author's crime novel to be made into TV series by Amazon

Catherine Ryan Howard's 56 Days, which is set during a covid-19 lockdown in Dublin, has been picked up by the streaming platform

Catherine Ryan Howard's pandemic novel is being adapted for TV. Picture: Bríd O'Donovan

Cork author Catherine Ryan Howard's novel 56 days is to be made into a TV series by Amazon Studios.

The best-selling novel will be adapted for TV by Lisa Zwerling (ER, When We Rise) and Karyn Usher (Bones, Prison Break) with James Wan’s Atomic Monster Productions producing along with Amazon.