Netflix will soon have a new original series executive produced by none other than Selena Gomez. The streaming platform has ordered a series adaptation of the young adult novel 13 Reasons Why with 23-year-old Gomez on board as executive producer.

Written by Jay Asher and published in 2007 by Penguin Books imprint Razorbill, 13 Reasons Why tells the story of late high school student Hannah Baker, who sent cassette tapes to twelve classmates explaining how they gave her 13 reasons to take her own life. Hailing from Paramount TV and Anonymous Content, Netflix’s adaptation of the New York Times-bestselling novel will follow a young man named Clay, a classmate of Hannah’s who had a crush on her, after he receives a shoebox of these tapes and must deal with the consequences of his actions and his role in Hannah’s death.

According to Variety, who first reported the story, Gomez read 13 Reasons Why and,...