--- description: The successful showrunner will publish a memoir about a year of saying "yes" to unexpected opportunities in November 2015. title: Shonda Rhimes Will Publish Her First Book Later This Year image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97f455e2138180f5/698852ab428a9e7cd6ccd822/shonda-rhimes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Shonda Rhimes Will Publish Her First Book Later This Year ## Video: 5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2RqNgPrk.m3u8) (2:16)  _Published 2014-01-16. Here's a look at how our favorite TV shows—from "Game of Thrones" to "Scandal" and "Breaking Bad"—keep us coming back for more._  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jun 2, 2015 7:12 PM CUT  Shonda Rhimes attends the 2015 ABC NY Upfront Presentation on May 12, 2015 in New York City. Shonda Rhimes attends the 2015 ABC NY Upfront Presentation on May 12, 2015 in New York City.Mireya Acierto--FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jun 2, 2015 7:12 PM CUT Simon and Schuster announced Tuesday that Shonda Rhimes, the creator of _Grey’s Anatomy_ and _Scandal_, will publish her first book in November 2015\. The book, titled _Year of Yes_, chronicles a challenge the showrunner took on to say yes, for one year, to unexpected invitations. In a press release, Rhimes said she wasn’t originally planning to share these experiences publicly. “Saying yes for an entire year turned out to be one of the most amazing decisions I have ever made,” she said. “It was also a little insane, a lot terrifying and sometimes wildly embarrassing. So this is not a story I ever planned to share with anyone.” When Simon and Schuster approached her, Rhimes continued in the vein of the challenge she’d set for herself, and said yes. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3905939/shonda-rhimes-book-year-of-yes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3905939/shonda-rhimes-book-year-of-yes/"},"headline":"Shonda Rhimes Will Publish Her First Book Later This Year","datePublished":"2015-06-02T19:12:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:38.899Z","description":"The successful showrunner adds author to her long list of titles","url":"https://time.com/3905939/shonda-rhimes-book-year-of-yes/","keywords":["Books","Newsfeed","Television","shonda rhimes"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97f455e2138180f5/698852ab428a9e7cd6ccd822/shonda-rhimes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt97f455e2138180f5/698852ab428a9e7cd6ccd822/shonda-rhimes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Shonda Rhimes attends the 2015 ABC NY Upfront Presentation on May 12, 2015 in New York City.","caption":"Shonda Rhimes attends the 2015 ABC NY Upfront Presentation on May 12, 2015 in New York City.","creditText":"Mireya Acierto--FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3905939/shonda-rhimes-book-year-of-yes/","name":"Shonda Rhimes Will Publish Her First Book Later This Year"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive","description":"Here's a look at how our favorite TV shows—from \"Game of Thrones\" to \"Scandal\" and \"Breaking Bad\"—keep us coming back for more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2RqNgPrk/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-16T20:47:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2RqNgPrk.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3905939/shonda-rhimes-book-year-of-yes/","duration":"PT2M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3905939/shonda-rhimes-book-year-of-yes/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```