The Shards is based on Bret Easton Ellis‘ book of the same name, but is the author tuning in to the TV adaptation with the rest of the world. “He saw some. He had been through a whole rigmarole with HBO [which originally planned to develop The Shards], and when he sold the book to FX and to Ryan [Murphy], he sat down with him and entrusted the characters and said, ‘Go do and go create,'” executive producer Brad Simpson exclusively told Us ahead of the Wednesday, September 9, season 1 finale. Simpson, 53, noted that Ellis, 62, gave Murphy, 60, “permission” to “interpret his...