P.T. Elliott studied philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania and was an award-winning screenwriting fellow at the American Film Institute. Currently an art director for feature films, she has worked on such films as The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, and Kong: Skull Island. Her previously published books are 100 Proof and Cracker Ingenuity. Elliott lives in Los Angeles, California
“There is nothing remotely funny about psychopathy, but PT Elliott
utilizes deft humor to help us seize upon the greater cause of
exposing these dangerous people and removing them from positions of
power. This is a cathartic and essential piece of writing.”—Richard
Kelly, writer/director of Donnie Darko and and Southland Tales
"Hilarious, pitch-black satire. An exquisitely researched,
deliciously subversive antidote to every worthless self-help book
ever published, The Sociopath's Guide to Getting Ahead will channel
YOUR inner Donald J. Trump to WIN, WIN, WIN!"— John A. Wooden,
creator of WHITEHOUSE.ORG
“Who's winning? Not you, suckers—at least not unless you're
following the rules set forth in P.T. Elliott's hilarious user's
guide to the world we've been dumb and selfish enough to create.
Who says timely, depressing, and despicable can't be funny?”— Eric
Konigsberg, author of Blood Relation
"P.T. Elliott's skewering of our corporate dystopia and the
self-help industry that helped it go down is as sly and incisive as
the cut of a decertified surgeon foraging for black market kidneys,
and just as alarming. Had I been fortunate enough to read The
Sociopath's Guide to Getting Ahead as a young person, I might have
gotten further in life... or at the very least further away from
the kind of people who'll ruin it.”—Carina Chocano, contributor to
the New York Times Magazine and author of Do You Love Me Or Am I
Just Paranoid?
“In the era of corporate dominated mainstream media and feckless
herd reporting, Skyhorse's willingness to tackle tough issues that
other publishers won't touch has made it a critical cog in our
democracy.”
–Robert F. Kennedy Jr., New York Times bestselling author
“There is nothing remotely funny about psychopathy, but PT Elliott
utilizes deft humor to help us seize upon the greater cause of
exposing these dangerous people and removing them from positions of
power. This is a cathartic and essential piece of writing.”—Richard
Kelly, writer/director of Donnie Darko and and Southland Tales
"Hilarious, pitch-black satire. An exquisitely researched,
deliciously subversive antidote to every worthless self-help book
ever published, The Sociopath's Guide to Getting Ahead will channel
YOUR inner Donald J. Trump to WIN, WIN, WIN!"— John A. Wooden,
creator of WHITEHOUSE.ORG
“Who's winning? Not you, suckers—at least not unless you're
following the rules set forth in P.T. Elliott's hilarious user's
guide to the world we've been dumb and selfish enough to create.
Who says timely, depressing, and despicable can't be funny?”— Eric
Konigsberg, author of Blood Relation
"P.T. Elliott's skewering of our corporate dystopia and the
self-help industry that helped it go down is as sly and incisive as
the cut of a decertified surgeon foraging for black market kidneys,
and just as alarming. Had I been fortunate enough to read The
Sociopath's Guide to Getting Ahead as a young person, I might have
gotten further in life... or at the very least further away from
the kind of people who'll ruin it.”—Carina Chocano, contributor to
the New York Times Magazine and author of Do You Love Me Or Am I
Just Paranoid?
“In the era of corporate dominated mainstream media and feckless
herd reporting, Skyhorse's willingness to tackle tough issues that
other publishers won't touch has made it a critical cog in our
democracy.”
–Robert F. Kennedy Jr., New York Times bestselling author
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