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Eric Dane to Publish Memoir 'Book of Days' in 2026 Through Maria Shriver’s Open Field

He says the project captures the urgency ALS has forced into each day.

Overview

  • Maria Shriver’s imprint The Open Field announced it will publish Book of Days; A Memoir in Moments in 2026.
  • The memoir organizes Dane’s story around defining days, including his daughters’ births, his first day on Grey’s Anatomy, choosing sobriety, and the day he received his ALS diagnosis.
  • In a statement reported by People, Dane said he wakes each morning to the reality of the disease and hopes to remind readers to live with heart.
  • Dane revealed his ALS in April 2025, and in a June Good Morning America interview he said he has one functioning arm.
  • Shriver said she is honored to publish the book, aligning with The Open Field’s growing list of personal narratives on illness and caregiving.