The author and illustrator says that her series of Pearl Power children’s books may have offered more than inspiration for a Netflix project that Meghan Markle planned to undertake.

According to the outlet, British author Mel Elliott recently told The Daily Mail how Meghan’s series had “striking” similarities to her children’s books, called Pearl Power. Elliott said that she and her lawyers reached out to a representative for Meghan and Netflix multiple times, but never heard back from either party.