'Awkward, inspiring, dark and funny'

Transparent star Jeffrey Tambor is writing his memoirs.

His reminiscences will be in the form of a collection of autobiographical essays, to be published in the States and Canada in spring next year under the title Are You Anybody.

Publisher Crown Archetype said the book would be a collection of 'introspective, humorous stories' beginning with his childhood as a fat kid with a lisp in a Hungarian-Jewish family with a father whose motto was 'Don’t celebrate, they’ll take it away from you.'

The 71-year-old actor, who also starred in The Larry Sanders Show and Arrested Development, said: 'Books and theatre saved me. I am thrilled to be publishing my first book with Crown. 

'I look forward to sharing the stories and lessons from my life that have shaped the characters I’ve played, and how those characters have helped shape me. Some stories will be awkward, others inspiring, some dark, most funny, and all will, I think, be hopeful and instructive.'

Crown Archetype editorial director Tricia Boczkowski added: 'Jeffrey is one of the most gifted storytellers of our time. The stories he’s told through Hank Kingsley, George Bluth and Maura Pfefferman are a testament to his gift for empathy, vulnerability, and observation. 

'Now he turns a gimlet eye on his own life in a book that reads like an intimate conversation over dinner with a beloved friend and teacher.'

No UK release has yet been announced, but Crown Archetype is an imprint of global publishers Penguin Random House 

Are You Anybody was also the title of the 1997 memoirs of actor Bradford Dillman.

Published: 15 Apr 2016