Sallie Tisdale is the author of several books, including Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love them), Violation, Talk Dirty to Me, Stepping Westward, and Women of the Way. She has received a Pushcart Prize, an NEA Fellowship, the James D. Phelan Literary Award, and was selected for the Shoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writer Series. Her work has appeared in Harper’s, The New Yorker, The Threepenny Review, The Antioch Review, Conjunctions, and Tricycle. In addition to her award-winning writing career, Tisdale has been a nurse for many years, including a decade in palliative care. She lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit her online at SallieTisdale.com.
“An extensive study of Survivor that argues that reality television as a whole is both a performed reality—by the stars of the show—and a perceived reality by its avid audience… As a breezy roundup of Survivor’s melodrama, the book succeeds… Light and diverting.”--Library Journal “A fascinating exploration of the enduring attraction and success of ‘the greatest social experiment on television’… What her sharp observations reveal is that parsing truth from perception is a fool’s errand… This fascinating study will be like candy for fans of the show and pop culture enthusiasts alike.”--Publishers Weekly