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Tess Sanchez has found her next act.
The former Fox casting exec is set to publish a book of essays, which she’s titled We’re Going In A Different Direction. The collection has her recasting herself, in this case from “working mom-boss” to “her actor-husband’s plus-one,” according to the publisher.
Sanchez, who’s married to New Girl actor Max Greenfield, with whom she shares two children, employs humor to examine what is being billed as the “humiliating and uncomfortable aftermath” of shifting roles — all while coming to grips with the inevitable loss of her most loyal supporter, her father.
The news comes three-plus years after Sanchez’s executive VP position was eliminated at Fox. In serving some 11 years at the company, she became the longest-tenured senior programming exec and the only woman of color among the network’s top creative execs.
During that time, Sanchez oversaw casting for such series as 9-1-1, Empire, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Mindy Project. Prior to Fox, she worked independently and for the WB, where she had a hand in shows including Felicity, Dawson’s Creek and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
The essay collection was sold on exclusive submission to executive editor Pamela Cannon at Gallery Books. The deal was brokered by Andy McNicol at AM Studio for World Rights and Jason Weinberg Untitled Entertainment.
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