Mercedes Ron, Wattpad-Breakout Author Behind 'Culpables', Secures First-Look Deal With Amazon MGM

Bestselling young adult romance author Mercedes Ron has signed a first-look deal with Amazon MGM Studios, formalizing a partnership that has already produced one of the streamer's most successful international franchises. Both Deadline and Variety reported the agreement.

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The "Culpables" trilogy, which Ron originally wrote on Wattpad, has been adapted into a series of Spanish-language films on Prime Video. According to Deadline, those films "garnered 100 million views worldwide as Amazon MGM Studios' most-watched international originals." The figure underscores the global appetite for Ron's romantic fiction.

Amazon MGM has since expanded the franchise into English with "My Fault: London" and "Your Fault: London," with Variety noting that a third installment has recently wrapped production. The deal ensures Ron will continue developing projects for the studio.

Variety described Ron as "a Wattpad breakout author whose romantic fiction has become a major driver of viewership" on the platform. With the new first-look agreement, Amazon MGM secures exclusive early access to her future work, building on the momentum of a trilogy that began as online serials and grew into a global phenomenon.