Carrie Fisher wrote an autobiographical one-woman movie.
Carrie Fisher . Fisher wrote several semi-autobiographical novels , including Postcards from the Edge and the screenplay for the film of the book , as well as an autobiographical one-woman play , and its non-fiction book , Wishful Drinking , based on the play . Wishful Drinking is an autobiographical humor book by American actress and author Carrie Fisher , published by Simon & Schuster in 2008 . In 2010 , HBO filmed a feature-length documentary of the stage play .