Former BJ columnist Thrity Umrigar has sold movie options for 3 of her novels: “The Story Hour,” “The Space Between Us” and the “Space” sequel, “The Secrets Between Us.”

Thrity added:

“As most of you may know, selling an option doesn't mean that this will result in a movie being made. But, you gotta start somewhere, right?

“Also, I will have two new children's books out in 2020. The first is called “Diwali: Festival of Lights” (Scholastic).

"The second is about the Parsis of India, a project that's near and dear to my heart. This one will be published by Running Press/Hachette, who also published by first picture book, 'When I Carried You in My Belly.' ”

As we all know, Thrity has more novels published, many with themes about India, the country of her birth.

If any of these 3 novels do well as films you just know more of her novels will become movies.

There may be a string of Thrity movies some day.

It couldn't happen to a better person.

And to think I knew her when.

Thrity also published “If Today be Sweet,” “The Weight of Heaven” and “The World We Found.” Her memoir is “First Darling of the Morning.”

Thrity began her reporting career with The Lorain Journal. Two years later, in 1987, she came to the BJ.

She left the Beacon to attend Harvard on a Nieman Fellowship, wrote “Bombay Time” and her author career took off.

Thrity also teaches creative writing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

Thrity left India at the age of 21 to attend Ohio State University.