Matthew Perry is ready to tell his side of the story, signing a seven-figure book deal to write his memoirs.
Flatiron Books, a division of the publisher Macmillan, announced on Friday that it has won the worldwide rights to Perry’s first book, buying the memoir overnight ahead of it hitting the auction block. Perry’s untitled memoir is scheduled to hit shelves in the fall of 2022. With this new book, the actor will take readers behind the scenes of filming the hit sitcom Friends, as well as open up about his personal struggles with addiction. The press release states that the autobiography will be “candid and self-aware,” “told with his trademark humor,” with “Perry vividly detailing his lifelong battle with the disease and what fueled it despite seemingly having it all.”
This is the first memoir written by one of the stars of the hit NBC sitcom. Megan Lynch, the publisher of Flatiron Books, said in the press release announcing the deal, “We need humor, we need catharsis, and we need to agree on something–and Matthew’s extraordinary story, told in his inimitable voice, is that thing. Matthew’s book has unrivaled potential to bring people together, which feels especially galvanizing right now, a time of isolation and division.”
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