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Wattpad Author Ariana Godoy Named to Variety’s 2025 Storytellers to Watch List
Godoy is one of Wattpad’s most successful authors, with over one million books sold in print and more than 850 million reads online The Netflix and WEBTOON
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nGodoy is one of Wattpad’s most successful authors, with over one million books sold in print and more than 850 million reads online\n\n\nThe Netflix and WEBTOON Productions adaptation of Godoy’s A Traves de mi Ventana is one of the all-time most-watched non-English films on Netflix\n\n\n TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nWattpad, a leading webnovel platform and storytelling community, is thrilled to announce that author Ariana Godoy has been named to Variety’s 2025 Storytellers to Watch list. Variety’s prestigious list spotlights ten rising entertainment industry stars who are captivating audiences in fresh, new ways.\n\n\nAriana Godoy is one of Wattpad’s most renowned writers and a leading voice in romance fiction. Her stories have accumulated more than 850 million reads on Wattpad, sold over one million copies in print, and been adapted as streaming and theatrical hits.\n\n\nThe Venezuelan-American author began writing on Wattpad in 2014 and has since written 20 webnovels in English and Spanish, publishing nine bestselling print editions with the Wattpad WEBTOON Book Group and Penguin Random House. Her Wattpad webnovel, A través de mi ventana (Through My Window) became a global phenomenon with 386 million reads, and has been adapted into a trilogy of films from Netflix and WEBTOON Productions. Each film in the trilogy debuted at #1 on the Netflix charts for Non-English films, and the first film in the series remains one of Netflix’s most-watched non-English films of all time, with 116 million hours viewed.\n\n\nIn upcoming projects, Godoy’s Wattpad webnovel Sigue Mi Voz has been adapted as a feature film from WEBTOON Productions, Zeta Studios and Beta Fiction Spain. The film will premiere September 12 in theaters in Spain and on Prime Video Spain at a later date.\n\n\n“Ariana’s success on Wattpad is truly inspiring,” said Aron Levitz, President of Wattpad. “Her ability to connect with fans around the world and create stories that speak to people across languages and formats is what makes her so remarkable. Ariana is a storytelling powerhouse and this honor is well deserved.”\n\n\n“Working with a creator like Ariana, whose talent, drive and passion are unparalleled, is part of what makes my job so fulfilling,” said David Madden, President of WEBTOON Productions. “All of us at WEBTOON Productions are thrilled to see her recognized f...