"If I could have dreamed it," said author Bonnie Garmus, "I wouldn't have dreamed it quite this big."
Speaking on the phone from her home in London, the 65-year-old former Seattleite is living a writer's dream. Her acclaimed debut novel "Lessons in Chemistry," published last spring, has spent 41 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list for hardcover fiction, as of the March 5 list, and recently sold its 1 millionth copy in all formats. An Apple TV+ adaptation, starring Academy Award-winner Brie Larson, has been filmed and will likely air later this year.
Although she's lived overseas for 12 years (due to a corporate transfer for her husband's work), Garmus is a frequent visitor who considers Seattle home; the couple still own their Madrona house and spend Christmases here with family.
