About the Author:
Joseph Amiel is a novelist and screenwriter, as well as a lawyer. His novels include: HAWKS, BIRTHRIGHT, DEEDS, STAR TIME, and A QUESTION OF PROOF, which have been translated into over a dozen languages. His screenplay GAMES has recently been honored at several film festivals, as has his comedy series for the web AIN'T THAT LIFE.
He was graduated from Amherst College, where he studied English and creative writing, and from Yale Law School. He is married and has two children
Review:
Star Time is fast-paced, sexy and great fun! I couldn't put it down. Anybody who knows what goes on behind the scenes in either television news or entertainment will find Joseph Amiel right on the button. ~Mariette Hartley, Former Co-Host of the CBS Morning Program and author of Breaking the Silence
This is the real world of television; the one the viewer never sees; the business-behind-the-box laid bare. Joseph Amiel has it all down; the executive knifeplay, the secret romances, the jarring battle of egos. at last, somebody writing about television has done his homework. --~Jim Ryan, Former host of Good Day New York Fox Television
Star Time is a compelling, behind-the-scenes look at the ambitions, personal desires, and stair-climbing tactics that television's major game players will use ...anything to get ahead! I didn't want to put it down. Truly enjoyable. ~Bob McKinnon, Former Director of Good Morning America, ABC
Star Time, a perfect poolside read, exposes the glamorous people at the heart of network TV whose ambitions & passions can drive them to stardom or destruction...everybody sleeps with everybody else for lust, revenge or social status - all are incredibly attractive, power hungry & possess fatal flaws that trip them up. ~Arkansas Gazette
Joseph Amiel targets the hype and illusions in this fast reading novel ... a series of powers struggles, sexual infidelities and other betrayals among colorful stars and ruthless executives in this glitzy account of media machinations. --~Dallas Times Herald
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