People are buzzing about the upcoming adaptation ofArgylle.
While the movie featuresa star-studded castand creative team, it’s the book’s mysterious author, Elly Conway, that really has people talking.
Ahead, here are all the details we know about the mysterious author behindArgylle.
She’s from New York
PerConway’s biography on Penguin Random House, she was born and raised in upstate New York. However, no other details about her upbringing are mentioned on the website.
She previously worked as a waitress
The only other detail Conway’s biography page mentions is that she wrote theArgyllenovel “while working as a waitress in a late-night diner.”
Argylleis her first novel
Argylleis already getting a ton of buzz, which is a huge feat considering it’s Conway’s very first novel. In fact, the book hasn’t even been released yet! In September 2022,The Hollywood Reporterreportedthat the book was originally slated for a Sept. 29 publication but was moved to March 30, 2023.According to Amazon, the book’s release date has been pushed again to Jan. 9, 2024.
She’s not active on social media
Though Conway has anInstagram account, she’s not active on it. She has no posts on the account and the only person she follows is her agent Eric Reid.
Her book is being turned into a star-studded movie
Plans to turnArgylleinto a movie were first announced in June 2021. A month later, it was announced that Apple had bought the rights for an estimated $200 million,per Deadline.
“When I read this early draft manuscript I felt it was the most incredible and original spy franchise since Ian Fleming’s books of the ‘50s,”Vaughn previously teasedof the film’s plot when the project was announced in August 2021. “This is going to reinvent the spy genre.”
She has been connected to Taylor Swift
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In early October 2023, fans went wild with theories that Conway was secretly Taylor Swift based on what fans thought could be Swift-related Easter eggs. Though those rumors aren’t substantiated,Argylledoes have some notable connections to Swift.
source: people.com
