The Quiet Genius Behind This Year’s Most-Watched Series

Naomi Fields writes in a converted garage with no internet and a single window. The result is the most-streamed drama on the planet.

“I don’t think about the audience when I write,” she says. “The second you do that, you start flattering them. Nobody remembers a show that flatters them.”

Her refusal to do press has become its own kind of press. She finds this funny. “Apparently saying nothing is now a personality. I’ll take it.”