Question: What year was the book published that Best Laid Plans was loosely based on?

Context articles: Kate Hackett
Best Laid Plans (2012 film)
Sheriff of Bullet Valley
Susan Matheson
Terry Fallis
Stuart Wolfenden
Room 93
Of Mice and Men
The Best Laid Plans (TV series)
Best Laid Plans (sitcom)

Kate Hackett is an actress, writer, and producer best known for creating & starring as Alice Rackham in the Amazon web series "Classic Alice".
 She is also known for Hulu's Best Laid Plans and Netflix's Real Rob.
Best Laid Plans is a 2012 British drama film directed by David Blair and produced by Michael Knowles for Made Up North Productions Limited.
 The film was released to select cinemas on 3 February 2012 and is loosely based on John Steinbeck's book, "Of Mice and Men".
"Sheriff of Bullet Valley" is a 32-page funny animal comic book western adventure/mystery story written, drawn and lettered by Carl Barks.
 It was first published by Dell in Four Color #199 (October 1948) with three one-page gag stories: "Sorry to be Safe", "Best Laid Plans", and "The Genuine Article".
 "Sheriff of Bullet Valley" and the gag stories have been reprinted many times.
Susan Matheson is a costume designer who designed costumes for the films "The Kingdom", "Friday Night Lights", "Blue Crush", "Crazy/Beautiful," "Honey", "Panic" and "Best Laid Plans".
 She has designed three movies starring Will Ferrell - "Step Brothers",
Terry Fallis is a Canadian writer and public relations consultant.
 He is a two-time winner of the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, winning in 2008 for his debut novel "The Best Laid Plans" and in 2015 for "No Relation", an award for which all five of his published novels to date have been shortlisted.
Stuart Wolfenden is an English actor.
 He played Herbie in "Dead Man's Shoes", Bill in "Oranges and Sunshine", and Pete in "Best Laid Plans".
 In 1989, he played the character Mark Casey in "Coronation Street".
 He appeared as Mark Casey in the soap for two years.He also appears in television programmes such as; "Emmerdale", "Heartbeat", "Accused" and "Blue Murder".
 Stuart is soon to be seen as Liam in series two of "Prisoners' Wives".
Room 93 is the debut extended play (EP) by American singer and songwriter Halsey.
 It was released on October 27, 2014 by Astralwerks.
 The project was re-released digitally on March 9, 2015, including a new version of "Ghost", this later is also included on the singer's debut full-length album "Badlands".
 The sound of the EP is rooted on the electropop music genre.
 A digital remix version of the EP, featuring three remixes for the songs "Hurricane", "Ghost" and "Trouble" was released on March 3, 2015.
 Along with the remix EP, a "One Mic, One Take" EP was released on the same date.
 "Trouble (Stripped)" was featured on the promo of the episode "Best Laid Plans" of the TV series "Once Upon a Time".
Of Mice and Men is a novella written by author John Steinbeck.
 Published in 1937, it tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in the United States.
The Best Laid Plans is a Canadian comedy-drama miniseries based on the Stephen Leacock Award-winning novel of the same name by Terry Fallis.
 The series stars Jonas Chernick as Daniel Addison, a disillusioned political staffer in the office of Opposition Leader George Quimby (Mark McKinney) who is forced to run a local candidate's campaign during a federal election.
 The election featured is in part a parody of the 2008 Canadian federal election.
 The six-part series premiered January 5, 2014 on CBC Television and concluded its run on February 3, 2014.
Best Laid Plans is a completely improvised sitcom produced by New Renaissance Pictures.
 The show is produced without a script thanks to an ensemble cast of improv performers that includes Jesse GrothOlson and Joshua Adam Snyder.
 The focus is on a group of close friends who are constantly devising new schemes to get rich or "just get by."
 Many episodes focus on the various relationships these friends find themselves in.
 Executive Producer Joshua Sikora was inspired to create the show after working with improv performers on previous productions.