Duh, you say yes. Fatima Farheen Mirza had just landed in New York when the actor called to say she wanted Mirza to have the first novel with Parker’s new imprint at Hogarth. “I was stunned during our conversation, because she spoke so thoughtfully about the very scenes that meant the most to me in the book and I felt so comforted that she understood what those scenes meant to the characters, to me.”