The Pink Marine Media Kit
About Greg Cope White |
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A card-carrying member of the Writer’s Guild, SAG and the Television Academy, Greg’s a produced television and film writer. The Pink Marine is his first book.
His writing credits include HBO’s Dream On, Norman Lear’s The Powers That Be and 704 Hauser, Fox’s Life With Louie, Sony’s animated series Jumanji, Comedy Central’s Out There II and Disney’s Social Studies. He recently co-produced back-to-back movies, Miss Me This Christmas and You Can’t Fight Christmas. He co-produced and wrote the Netflix original movies Walk Ride Rodeo and Holiday Rush- streaming now. He writes television, film, and articles for publication. His passions include veteran's and LGBT rights, food, travel and storytelling and he had a blast touring with his book. He enjoys serving on literary panels with other Contemporary and Young Adult authors. He is a mentor for the Writer's Guild Foundation's year long program for military veterans on their quest to write TV and film. He writes articles for The Huffington Post and Good Men Project. Veterans Writing Project and Military Experience and the Arts include chapters from his memoir in their print editions of collected short stories. The TV series based on his memoir, The Pink Marine is in the works with Sony Gemstone, Greg, Rachel Davidson, Norman Lear and Brent Miller - for Netflix. |
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BOOK SYNOPSIS BOOK SPECS PRAISE FOR THE PINK MARINE PHOTOS OF THE AUTHOR Q & A WITH GREG DOWNLOADS KIRKUS REVIEWTV comedy writer White recalls the grueling yet confidence-building three-month Marine Corps boot camp training he endured as a still-closeted teenager.
"I learned that I had to respect myself if I wanted others to respect me.” The author demonstrates that respect and delivers a heartening coming-of-age, inspiring memoir that displays a balanced, surprisingly reverent view of the Marine Corps and military service. |
About The Pink MarineWhen Greg Cope White’s best friend tells him he is spending his summer in Marine Corps boot camp, all Greg hears is “summer” and “camp.”
Despite dire warnings from his friend, Greg vows to join him in recruit training. He is eighteen, underweight, he’s never run a mile—and he is gay. It’s long before Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, the Supreme Court marriage equality ruling, and with no LGBT rights in place in most states, and the Marines having a very definite expulsion policy in place for gay people when it comes to military personnel, will Greg even survive? The Pink Marine is the story—full of hilarity and heartbreak—of how a teenage boy who struggles with self-acceptance and doesn’t fit the traditional definition of manliness finds acceptance and self-worth in Marine Corps boot camp. |
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Praise & Chatter For The Pink Marine"While I served in the military, the Air Force was a social club
compared to the Marines. I’ve known Greg White for some thirty years, and have admired him every minute throughout. That he could write as intriguing and honest a book as The Pink Marine is no surprise." — Norman Lear “A great story beautifully told—surprising, funny, courageous and inspiring.” — David Hyde-Pierce "The Marines got a great soldier out of it. And we civilians got a great author. This is the story of how, through pure gumption, a most unlikely Marine candidate rises to the occasion to show his true colors!” — Jane Lynch “Greg is as inspirational as he is hilarious—I love him and I love this book!” —Margaret Cho "If you're searching for the next great memoir, it's arrived. Greg Cope White's The Pink Marine is funny and relentlessly honest. If we have any reason to celebrate the imposed silence of President Clinton's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, The Pink Marine is it. Had Greg talked back then, we wouldn't have this book now. " — Peter Macnicol “Marine Corps boot camp was the toughest thing I ever did. I had to cope with being skinny, weak, and timid in a place that demanded strength, confidence, and fearlessness. But I didn’t have to cope with being gay or having to hide who I actually was. . . .The Pink Marine is a wonderful book and I’m proud to be Greg White’s fellow jarhead.” —Jim Beaver "For five years, on a television show called Covert Affairs, I had the privilege of pretending to be a member of the U.S. military. For six years, in the United States Marines, my friend Greg pretended to be straight. He wins. The Pink Marine will inspire you, make you laugh, and remind you of what’s important in this life.” —Christopher Gorham "Greg Cope White takes on the universal tragedy of human isolation and the fear of exposure with such humor and grace that it becomes a triumphant comedy.” —Dylan Brody Private Benjamin meets Full Metal Jacket. As fascinating as that description sounds, The Pink Marine goes way beyond that... A beautiful, frank, gripping and funny memoir, Greg Cope White punches you in the gut one moment and makes you bust a gut in the next. Truly one of the most honest and harrowing depictions of boot camp I’ve ever read or seen in film. And the fact that White can make you laugh at it all makes this book a true original. Wow. —Sean Dwyer |
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DOWNLOADSGreg Cope White's Full Bio [PDF]
TOC & Sample Chapter Photo: High Res version of main head shot. Photo: High Res PDF of Greg as a Marine Photo: High Res Version of the Cover [PDF] Short BioAuthor of The Pink Marine, television and film writer and producer, world traveler, and inveterate bon vivant, Greg Cope White is a former sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is a bi-coastal, polo-playing, sixth-generation Texan with a voracious appetite for life.
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Photos of Greg Cope White
Please credit Bader Howar for the photos.
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Book Specs
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TITLE: The Pink Marine
AUTHOR: Greg Cope White PUBLISHER: AboutFace Books DATE OF PUBLICATION: February 2016 PAGES: 252 HARDCOVER: $35.00 HARDCOVER ISBN: 978-0-9972857-2-7 TRADE PAPER ORIGINAL: $19.99 TRADE PAPER ISBN: 978-0-9972857-1-0 E-BOOK: $9.99 E-BOOK ISBN: 978-0-9972857-0-3 DOWNLOAD: High Res Version of the Cover [PDF] 
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Contact Information
Regarding The Pink Marine , Media Queries and Book Review Requests
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Babette Perry | Agent
(310) 656-0400
asst.babette.perry@iala.com
Myman Greenspan Fineman Fox Rosenberg & Light
David Fox/Attorney
(310) 231-0821
dfox@mymangreenspan.com
