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Simon & Schuster Sets June 23 Release for Taylor Sheridan’s Debut Book ‘How to Not Die in Prison’

The survival guide pairs the screenwriter’s research-driven curiosity with former inmate Tom Nelson’s firsthand experience.

Overview

  • The publisher describes the book as a darkly funny, no-nonsense guide to life in a maximum-security prison.
  • Sheridan writes in the introduction that he has never been to prison and addresses the irony directly.
  • Co-author Tom Nelson, who spent more than a decade behind bars, provides the on-the-ground perspective.
  • The guide covers surviving riots, lockdowns, stabbings, hits, and solitary, plus jobs, mental survival, prison ramen, tattoos, and makeshift weapons.
  • This marks Sheridan’s first book, extending the résumé of the Oscar-nominated writer behind Hell or High Water, Yellowstone, Tulsa King, and Mayor of Kingstown.