Fantastic news tinged with sadness, as Carrie Fisher wins the Spoken Word Album Grammy for The Princess Diarist. In the great Star Wars tradition, who wouldn’t give a limb to hear her acceptance speech?
Variety looked at the book and her win.
At Sunday’s Grammy Awards, Carrie Fisher was honored for best spoken word album for her book “The Princess Diarist.”
The 2016 memoir was inspired by the diary entries that Fisher wrote while working on the first “Star Wars” film in 1977. Released five weeks before her death on Dec. 27, 2016, Fisher’s fourth book revealed even more details from her past, including an onset affair with co-star Harrison Ford.
This was Fisher’s second Grammy nom and first win, following her nod for spoken word for her 2008 book “Wishful Drinking.” The actress died after she stopped breathing on a plane returning home to Los Angeles after finishing the European leg of her “The Princess Diarist” book tour.
Congrats Best Spoken Word Album – ‘The Princess Diarist’ #CarrieFisher #GRAMMYs
— Recording Academy (@RecordingAcad) January 28, 2018
Wherever you are Carrie, congratulations.
