Jeanie Buss – författare

The Lakers own Los Angeles, and the Buss family owns the Lakers. Yet despite all the championship banners the team has put on the walls of Staples Center, and despite all the books the Lakers have put on the shelves of fans—featuring everybody from Jerry West to Magic Johnson to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Phil Jackson to Chick Hearn—there has never been a book on the Lakers from the Buss family. Until now. Until Jeanie Buss.

The never-before-told story of the Buss family and of one woman''s rise to the top in a man''s world, Laker Girl is an unprecedented glimpse into the glamorous world of the Los Angeles Lakers. It is also a behind-the-scenes journal of the 2009–10 Lakers season, a year in which the franchise captured its 16th world championship. By the time Jeanie was 19, she was already a high-ranking executive with World Team Tennis. Today, she is the Lakers'' executive vice president of business operations and one of the most influential women in professional sports. Along the way, she''s rubbed elbows with everyone from Michael Jordan, John McEnroe, and Shaquille O''Neal to Ryan Seacrest, Khloe Kardashian, Hugh Hefner, and Jack Nicholson. And she''s done it all in her own unique, inimitable style. In this updated edition, Buss discusses her recent engagement to Phil Jackson and looks back on the Lakers'' eventful past three seasons—an era that has included multiple coaching changes, changes in the front office, a new TV deal, and much more.