The showrunner inks her first book deal with Simon & Schuster.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Shonda Rhimes, the creator of Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and Private Practice will publish a memoir.
The book is about Rhimes’ challenges on building a family while fighting for her professional success. S&S describes the book as “part memoir, part inspiration, part prescription.”
Rhimes said in a statement that “Simon and Schuster is crazy for giving me a book deal, as I am clearly in no position to be handing out wisdom.” She also said that “I have made a lot of mistakes as a single mother, and as a working mother, and as a sleepless mother, and as a dating mother. And I did all of it while running a bunch of TV shows. So I’m going to write about that and hope my kids don’t use it against me in therapy later.”
“Shonda Rhimes is bar none in the storytelling realm. Now fans of her phenomenal shows can read Shonda’s story in her own words – and marvel at how Shonda built a phenomenal career. Readers everywhere will cheer the fearless decisions Shonda has made to achieve happiness,” added Marysue Rucci, the editor-in-chief and vp at S&S.
The book will be published in 2015.