Author Jodi Picoult says she hasnt gotten over the really terrible experience of turning her 2004 novel, My Sisters Keeper , into a less-than-acclaimed movie.

Speaking to People last week, Picoult shared how the 2009 film adaptation of My Sisters Keeper inspired a storyline in By Any Other Name , her latest novel.

Released Monday, By Any Other Name, tells the story of playwright Melina Green, who has written a theatrical piece based on the life of Emilia Bassano , a 16th-century poet who some historians have claimed was the real author of William Shakespeares plays.

Melina soon finds her professional trajectory mirroring that of Bassanos when a theater festival plans to stage a production of her play under the assumption that it was written by her roommate, who is a Black man.

It kind of goes back to when I had a really terrible experience turning My Sisters Keeper into a film, Picoult told People of Melinas journey. It took me a long time to kind of wrap my head around the fact that they didnt ruin my book. My book is still there. And anyone who reads my book is still getting the story that I intended.