"If you like to laugh, and you hate reality TV, you will love this wonderfully, viciously hilarious book."
—Dave Barry

320 pages  |  $24.95 (cloth)  | $13.95 (paper)

Keep it Real summary

Ted used to be an investigative reporter—a good one. But that was before the divorce, the meltdown, the subsequent supervised visitation of his adorable little girl. Now he’s one of several peon producers for the inexplicably successful reality show, ‘The Mogul.’ Ted’s not a happy man. Unlike his viewers, he takes no joy in the vapid “reality” he helps edit together for ratings.

 Then Ted inadvertently witnesses a violent exchange between gangsta rapper Boney and Boney’s hot-enough-to-dance-in-videos girlfriend, Patrice. When Patrice goes missing, it’s all Ted can do to keep his reporter instincts in check. With no real excuse for hanging out in the world of Cristal and grillz, Ted uses the resources at his disposal to snoop around. And what better way to invade a celebrity’s privacy than by featuring him on Reality TV?

Praise for Keep it Real

"Television writer and producer Bryan spoofs, satirizes and burlesques his way through that kingdom of sin and sizzle, Hollywood in this...funny debut crime novel...he shows a real gift for satire."
—Publishers Weekly

"If you like to laugh, and you hate reality TV, you will love this wonderfully, viciously hilarious book."
—Dave Barry

"Keep It Real is a wild, riotous romp.  A piercing satire of the excesses (and abscesses) of the entertainment industry.  The best skewering of Hollywood since The Player.  Bill Bryan keeps it real and keeps it funny, and I hope he keeps it coming."
—Paul Levine, author of Solomon vs. Lord

"Hilarious, profane, and dead-on funny.  Keep It Real is a brilliant comic mystery which skewers the world of Reality TV, rap music, and Hollywood lawyers. Run out and buy it now and be prepared to stay up all night, choking with dark laughter."
—Robert Ward, author of Four Kinds of Rain

“If Carl Hiaasen and Joseph Heller collaborated on a book to satirize reality TV, you’d get Bill’s Bryan’s Keep It Real. An instant classic.”
—Ken Bruen, author of The Guards

"Keep It Real is one of the funniest crime novels I've ever read. If you like Westlake, you'll love this. I did."
—JA Konrath, author of Whiskey Sour

"Audaciously politically incorrect, and as funny as hell. No one does Hollywood better than Bill Bryan. Be prepared to laugh your a** off."
—Dianne Emley, author of The First Cut

"This book is definitely not PC, but I found it hilarious.  It's a real look at the trappings of celebrity and the abuses found therein, the way the media encourages the celebrity of people with no discernible skill - like Paris Hilton - and at Reality TV.  Keep It Real kept it entertaining for me, and my ribs are just now mending from the beating they took with all the laughing I did while reading it. "
—Maggie Mason, Deadly Pleasures

 "Keep it Real starts big, reads big, and ends big.  Some dark and twisted part of Bill Bryan's brain has given him the power to write a fantastic debut that reads fast and will actually have you believing that a Hollywood producer can evolve into a human being."
—Jennifer Jordan, Crimespree

Bill Bryan is a film and television writer who has stolen vast sums from all of the major media companies: Warner Bros., Paramount, Universal, Disney, Sony, and Fox. He has written and produced many series, including the long-running comedies Night Court and Coach. Please visit www.bill-bryan.com for more information.