Judith Regan Gets the Devil Wears Prada Treatment

Posted on December 26, 2006

Fired publishing maven Judith Regan gets the Devil Wears Prada treatment in an upcoming book by Bridie Clark called Because She Can. Of course, Clark says the book is fiction, it's based on a composite of a number of people, it's not really about her former boss -- yada, yada, yada.... The publisher description of the book describes her fictional boss (Viviant Grant) as "a notoriously ruthless tyrant known for her tirades, traumatized assistants, and tabloid-inspired bestsellers."

Clark tells the L.A. Times, "I think everyone is familiar with the phenomenon of the boss from hell, the over-the-top person who can ruin your professional and personal life. I'm sure this happens in many jobs, but you do hear a lot of stories about it occurring in the world of publishing."

Clark also her book is "based on things I've lived and things I've imagined. It's pretty much out there by now, what she [Regan] is like. And I think the O.J. Simpson thing was truly a low point. But I don't have much more to add."

Judith Regan had no comment about the novel, no doubt because she's busy getting ready to sue HarperCollins for millions of dollars for wrongful termination, slander, libel and who knows what else. Here's our 2007 Judith Regan-related predictions: She'll file the lawsuit, find a new job, settle the lawsuit and life will go on. Then ReganBooks will either be renamed or the author contracts will be taken over by another HarperCollins imprint.