And Nothing but the Truthiness : The Rise (and Further Rise) of Stephen Colbert

In this biography, Lisa Rogak presents a funny and personal portrait of Stephen Colbert, the comedian who became the star of The Colbert Report . She reveals the tragedy that forever altered his family and charts his early yeaers, first as a serious acting student and later as a budding improv comic, before co-creating the cult TV show Strangers with Candy. And she offers a look inside The Daily Show , and the exclusive bond that Colbert and Jon Stewart formed that led to Colbert's own rise to celebrity.