Reality The Novel

Trent Tucker, the protagonist of this hilarious satire, hates Reality TV. Unfortunately, his job involves the creation of new Reality shows that are even more outrageous and excessive than those now on television. Surrounded by colleagues who could easily be characters in their own reality show Trent dives headlong into a world filled with incessant bickering, back stabbing co-workers, deserted islands, and maybe a murder plot or two as the employees feverishly try to create new and better shows for their anxious network clients. It is a journey Trent will never forget -- if he manages to survive it. Reality: It is a first novel by stand-up comic Jeff Havens.

Jeff Havens was born in Urbana, Illinois in 1978. He has been a tutor, a high school English teacher, street performer, and freelance writer, but now travels throughout the United States as a stand-up comedian. He earned his B.A. in English from Vanderbilt University in 2000, graduating summa cum laude. He has already received awards for his writing: Sensored Magazine's Starving Artist Award for Poetry, 2004, and Honorable Mention for Fiction at the Santa Barbara Writer's Conference, 2004.