BY THE GOLDEN GLOBE AND EMMY AWARD WINNING EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE WHITE LOTUS and featuring a foreword from Mike White

An insider’s account of working on the production side of film and TV published to coincide with the 25th anniversary of The Sopranos

This page-turning account of starting at the lowest rung on the production ladder among enormously famous and outrageously demanding people will be devoured by fans and aspiring industry pros alike for its insights, gossip, humor, humanity, and great storytelling. Married and with a child, the author takes unpaid gigs to get a foot in the door, and eventually ends up working on all seasons of The Sopranos, often named the best TV show ever.

The show's setting and its creator's insistence on accuracy placed the native New Jersey author in the right place at the right time to become part of television history, and to witness the effects of sudden fame and acclaim on the show's principal players.

Woven in is a personal story of home life and strife, achievement and frustration, anxiety and accomplishment. Thumbnail sketches of actors, producers, writers, and directors, as well as characters encountered on and away from work, round out this portrait of life in the film production trenches.

The book's epilogue brings readers up to the moment as the author, after many more years as an anonymous everyman, eventually enjoys outsize professional success as executive producer of the HBO hit series created by Mike White, The White Lotus.