The Best Seat in the House: How I Woke Up One Tuesday and Was Paralyzed for Life

Length-1 hour, 4 minutes, 47 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Allen Rucker, author of The Best Seat in the House: How I Woke Up One Tuesday and Was Paralyzed for Life published by HarperCollins.

Allen Rucker

Allen Rucker is the author of seven books of non-fiction and humor, most of them written since he became paralyzed. He's written three books on the HBO series, "The Sopranos," including the New York Times #1 bestselling "The Sopranos Family Cookbook." His other books include "The History of White People in America," with Martin Mull, and "Redneck Woman," with Gretchen Wilson. He is also an award-winning TV writer.

He is the recipient of the duPont-Columbia Journalism Award, the Writers Guild Annual Award, and two CableACE Awards among others. In 2005, he recieved the special WGA Joan Young Award for career distinction as a writer with a disability. "The History of White People In America" was honored by the Museum of Television & Radio in 2001 and TVTV was given a full MTR retrospective in 2004.

He also teaches at the USC School of Cinema-TV. He lives in LA with his wife, Ann-Marie. They have two sons. For more information visit his website.