The eight episode miniseries is based on an article by ProPublica and The Marshall Project, "An Unbelievable Story of Rape" written by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong about a case in Lynnwood, Washington.[7] There was also a concurrently-published This American Life radio episode about the same case, Anatomy of Doubt.[8] Grant served as showrunner and also wrote for the series along with Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman.[9][10][11]