Find out when you can get your hands on My Life to Live, the memoir of the late All My Children and One Life to Live creator, Agnes Nixon.
The soap opera world was devastated by the passing of All My Children and One Life to Live creator Agnes Nixon last September, but one consoling piece of information released at the time was that the celebrated writer had just finished penning her memoir.
Titled My Life to Live: How I Became the Queen of Soaps When Men Ruled the Airwaves, the book will take readers on a journey of Nixon's adventurous path that includes being one of daytime's most talented and passionate trailblazers.
Before there was Erica Kane, Adam Chandler, or Victoria Lord, there was Agnes Nixon, a young girl who dreamed up stories for paper dolls. Those tales she imagined -- ones filled with ambitions, rivalries, and romances -- would soon echo her own path to success. In a memoir filled with as much drama as the soaps she penned, Nixon shares her journey as the daughter of a broken marriage, who fought back against her father's wish that she take over the family burial garments business, overcame the heartbreak of losing her fianc in WWII, and later became one of the most successful names in the TV industry.
Fans of Nixon's greatest creations, All My Children and One Life to Live, will delight at Nixon's own incredible life, as well as the behind-the-scenes insight she lends to daytime's most popular programs. Nixon will share the inspiration behind and casting of the iconic character Erica Kane, played by Susan Lucci; the story bible for All My Children, and how it became lost and then locked away in a drawer for many years; and how Nixon positioned ABC to become the media giant it is today, despite pushback from her male counterparts. This candid glimpse behind the curtain of the soap opera industry will charm soap fans and story lovers alike.
All My Children megafan -- and former AMC star -- Carol Burnett wrote the book's forward.
My Life to Live will be available for purchase starting Tuesday, March 21. If you can't wait, you can preorder the book from Amazon today and have it in your hands on the day it is released.
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To get a sneak peek at what Nixon's highly anticipated book might cover, you can read Soap Central's in-depth obituary for the legendary daytime writer here.
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