The family of Carrie Fisher isn’t happy with a new biography of the late actress that discusses her struggles with bipolar disorder and drug addiction.
Sheila Weller’s Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge has drawn fire from Fisher’s ex-partner, Bryan Lourd, and their daughter, actress Billie Lourd, the Hollywood Reporter reports.
“A person named Sheila Weller has taken it upon herself to sell and write an unauthorized biography based on my daughter’s mother, Carrie Fisher," Bryan Lourd said in a statement. "I do not know Ms. Weller. Billie does not know Ms. Weller. And, to my knowledge, Carrie did not know her."
Weller responded in a statement to the Los Angeles Times, saying that she contacted the family about the book, but they declined to participate.
Bryan Lourd noted in his statement that he hadn’t read the book, adding, “The only books about Carrie Fisher worth reading are the ones Carrie wrote herself. She perfectly told us everything we needed to know.”
Fisher, best known for her work in the Star Wars films and in movies like Hannah and Her Sisters and When Harry Met Sally…, died of a heart attack in 2016. She was 60.
Fisher’s books frequently drew inspiration from her own life. She gained critical praise for her 1987 autobiographical novel Postcards from the Edge as well as for her memoirs, including Shockaholic and The Princess Diarist.
Carrie Fisher: A Life on the Edge is slated for publication by Sarah Crichton Books on Nov. 12.
Michael Schaub is an Austin, Texas-based journalist and regular contributor to NPR.
