I Wrote This For Attention

'Raw, provocative, chaotic, and – dare I say – slutty' COLLEEN HOOVER

A thrilling memoir by The White Lotus and Euphoria actor, Lukas Gage, which chronicles his upbringing in a broken family, struggles with borderline personality disorder and his commitment to always being the centre of attention.

Lukas Gage was having one of the shittiest weeks of his life. His beloved grandmother was dying, and Lukas was sitting next to his father – a man who had been mostly absent in his son’s childhood, except when talking to Lukas about tits. They were also across the street from a building where, months prior, Lukas had to grapple with the dissolution of his marriage.

Naturally, Lukas did the smartest thing anyone can do in a crisis: doomscroll to see what random people on the internet were saying about him. People were calling him an attention whore – and they were right. As a toddler, he set his room on fire. As a child, he flirted with women at Hooters. As a teen, he fell hopelessly in love with a girl who wore an ankle monitor. And as an adult, he became an actor and filmed that scene in The White Lotus (if you know, you know). Lukas was scared of attention and yet he craved it more than anything in the world.

I Wrote This for Attention is an exquisite memoir that details Lukas’ coming of age in the haunting underbelly of San Diego. Capturing universal anxieties – of transitioning from innocence to adulthood, of feeling too much and nothing at all, of sex and death, of fame and familial strife – this book is a remarkable achievement of healing, vaping through therapy sessions and having the courage to forgive the family that hurt you.

Reviews

'This book is raw, provocative, chaotic, and—dare I say—slutty. Wait, sorry, that was me describing Lukas Gage. The book, though, is every bit of that and more. A must-read for anyone who’s a fan of Lukas (or even if you can’t stand him). Or, if you’ve never heard of him—which, honestly, is most of you—just read it anyway' Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times bestselling author

'For a self-proclaimed liar, Lukas Gage is brutally honest. And for an exhibitionistic chaos agent with a borderline personality disorder, he is entirely relatable. This insightful memoir will earn your attention with its humor and its heartbreak' Mike White, Emmy winning writer and director

'This book is as unhinged and heartwarming as Lukas is' Riley Keough, co-author of From Here to the Great Unknown

'Few books have the power to move me to both laughter and tears, but this one did' Molly Shannon, author of Hello, Molly!

About the author

LUKAS GAGE is a writer, actor and producer whose work is nuanced and immersive, allowing him to subvert genres across film and television. Responsible for many film and TV-favorite roles, he delivers memorable performances in hit TV shows including THE WHITE LOTUS and EUPHORIA as well as films including SMILE 2, ROAD HOUSE and DOWN LOW, which he co-wrote, among many others. Beloved for his work on screen, Gage continues to develop a number of projects across different genres and mediums. He currently resides in Los Angeles and San Diego.