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Carrie Fisher
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Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher, the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher, became an icon when she starred as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy. Her star-studded career includes roles in numerous films such as The Blues Brothers and When Harry Met Sally. She is the author of five bestselling books: Wishful Drinking—which lead to a hit Broadway production of the same name—Surrender the Pink, Delusions of Grandma, The Best Awful, and Postcards from the Edge, the basis for the popular film starring Shirley MacLaine and Meryl Streep. In 2009, she was nominated for a Grammy award in Best Spoken Word Performance for the audio edition of Wishful Drinking.... Read full bio

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Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Shockaholic
Jan 11, 2012
Shockaholic will be released on November 01, 2011 in Compact Disk, eBook
Nov 01, 2011
Shockaholic is now available in Compact Disk, eBook
Nov 01, 2011
Shockaholic will be released on November 01, 2011 in Hardcover
Nov 01, 2011
Shockaholic is now available in Hardcover
Nov 01, 2011
Shockaholic will be released on November 01, 2011 in eAudio
Nov 01, 2011
Shockaholic is now available in eAudio
Nov 01, 2011
Audio Excerpt:
Shockaholic
Oct 29, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 7 from Shockaholic
Oct 16, 2011
Dec 06, 2010
Postcards from the Edge is now available in Trade Paperback
May 04, 2010
Postcards from the Edge will be released on May 04, 2010 in Trade Paperback
May 04, 2010
Wishful Drinking will be released on September 08, 2009 in Trade Paperback
Sep 08, 2009
Wishful Drinking is now available in Trade Paperback
Sep 08, 2009

Authors on the Web

Carroll County Online, February 10, 2012
...Film star and author Carrie Fisher chats and signs her latest books “Wishful Drinking,” and “Shockaholic,” at the Towson library last week. Fisher’s one-woman show “Wishful Drinking” is at the Hippodrome Theatre through Feb...
Huffington Post, February 9, 2012
...at actors, I bet he sees action figures instead of people. 3.) Natalie Portman does a very serviceable Carrie Fisher impersonation. 4.) Quandary: if these CGI aliens seem like obvious racial stereotypes, am I racist for thinking that or are the people...
Sequential Tart, January 30, 2012
...ensues. And I just filmed my first lead role in a Hallmark project called Carolling, with Emmanuelle Vaugier, Carrie Fisher and Carson Kressley. It was a lot of fun. It's basically a modern, female spin on Scrooge, or A Christmas Carol, whichever format...
Baltimore Jewish Times, January 26, 2012
...Carrie Fisher wants you to know she’s doing just fine, thank you very much. Despite years of drug abuse, several failed romantic relationships (a marriage to musician Paul Simon and...
CBS Dallas / Fort Worth, January 23, 2012
...KC: It is often noted that people in comedy usually have the most disturbing, messed up lives. As Carrie Fisher once said, “If my life wasn’t funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.” On stage, I definitely make fun of the bleakest...
Sequential Tart, January 23, 2012
...ensues. And I just filmed my first lead role in a Hallmark project called Carolling, with Emmanuelle Vaugier, Carrie Fisher and Carson Kressley. It was a lot of fun. It's basically a modern, female spin on Scrooge, or A Christmas Carol, whichever format...
Hamilton Spectator, January 11, 2012
...Hugely entertaining, Carrie Fisher’s second book is about being honest with yourself Loading... Carrie Fisher has done an excellent job of reinventing herself as ... Carrie Fisher, evolving from ingenue actress and geek...
GalleyCat, November 3, 2011
...Carrie Fisher, the actress best known for her role as Princess Leia in Star Wars and Postcards from the Edge memoir, has a new book out from Simon & Schuster called...
Extra, November 1, 2011
...'Extra' Exclusive: Carrie Fisher Drops 50 Lbs., Weighs In on Jackson Trial November 1, 2011 | Celebrity Books Actress, author and Jenny Craig success story, Carrie Fisher sat down with "Extra" and said...
My Springfield Mommy, November 1, 2011
...Carrie Fisher has a new book called "Shockaholic" and Simon & Schuster has launched a new contest with some great prizes.Here is the info from the Simon & Schuster website...
Wired: GeekDad, October 21, 2011
...inhabited said bikini is turning 55 years old. In the intervening years since she last fought the Empire, Carrie Fisher — who was indeed born on this day in 1956 — has proved herself to be far more than just the only female character with more than...
Comment is free | guardian.co.uk, October 14, 2011
...a high risk of back-firing on its author? This isn't always the case, as the success of Carrie Fisher's semi-autobiographical novel Postcards from the Edge attests; the book is informed by Fisher's experience of growing up in Hollywood, recovering from...
Bermudaonion's Weblog, October 10, 2011
...came from Hachette Books Tuesday Simply Fresh by Jeff Morgan came from Andrews McMeel Publishing Thursday Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher came from Simon and Schuster Friday The Night Train by Clyde Edgerton was a win from Metroreader Saturday...
C.S.E. Cooney, October 8, 2011
...is my current Facebook status update: ‎"Jenny Bloom: Thank you SO MUCH for the tickets to WISHFUL DRINKING. Carrie Fisher was so wry and glittery and barefoot and adorable. Those moments she decided to play her silences, the whole theatre held its...