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Richard Osman's debut novel, The Thursday Murder Club , quickly became a sensation and will now be a Netflix show from Steven Spielberg and Christopher Columbus

He talked to PEOPLE about why he couldn't have written the novel as a younger man, and why he chooses to center older characters

Osman shares what it's like seeing the movie come to life, and what he's looking forward to next

Richard Osman still didn’t feel like a “proper writer” when Steven Spielberg bought the film rights to The Thursday Murder Club before the book had even come out. But as soon as Osman heard the legendary filmmaker liked the book, “I thought, well, if he likes it, then it must be okay.”

That was five years ago. Now Osman, whose debut novel became a Netflix movie directed by Christopher

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