The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson

She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host in 2020 and a Gracie Award for best on-air talent in 2021. She is a New York Times bestseller and author of six books. “It tackles people’s desire to control and own nature, the price of obsession and dives into the mind of a teenage flute prodigy who pulled off a massive heist of rare bird feathers and skins. It is a wholly unique experience that, with Kirk adapting, we know will unfold in all its wild, colorful and incredible splendor.”īush Hager is co-host of Today with Hoda & Jenna, the fourth hour of NBC’s morning program, and founder of Today‘s book club #ReadWithJenna. “This why-dunnit thriller is a must-read and will make an absolute must-watch,” said Beatrice Springborn, President, Universal International Studios. “I’m honored for the opportunity to helm the adaptation with such a great team – their passion for this project was so overwhelming that it made me feel as though I was discovering the story for the first time.”

“This book – like the birds, rogues, and adventurers at the heart of it – has had an astonishing life, and, thanks to exuberant readers, continues to find a wide audience,” said Johnson. “Kirk Wallace Johnson is a talented storyteller, and to work with him to adapt this wildly brilliant book for the screen is a dream.” “ The Feather Thief has been a favorite book of mine since its release in 2018,” said Bush Hager. The Feather Thief was an Amazon Best Book of 2018 and short-listed for The Gold Dagger Award, Edgar Award, Carnegie Medal and translated into a dozen languages. But what would possess a person to steal dead birds? And had Rist paid for his crime? In search of answers, Johnson embarked upon a worldwide investigation, leading him into the fiercely secretive underground community obsessed with the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying.

Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist-deep in a river in New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide first told him about the heist. Once inside, Rist grabbed as many rare bird specimens as he was able to carry before escaping into the darkness. One summer evening in 2009, twenty-year-old musical prodigy Edwin Rist broke into the British Natural History Museum, home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world. Per the synopsis, The Feather Thief is a gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man’s relentless pursuit of justice. Universal TV & Jenna Bush Hager To Adapt 'Black Candle Women' Series With Carla Banks Waddles

The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson