'He's Royalty After All': Prince Co-Author On Finishing His Memoir 'The Beautiful Ones'

Dan Piepenbring was a huge Prince fan when he got a once in a lifetime opportunity to co-write a memoir with the musician in 2016. 

But the two never finished. Prince died several months later, but Piepenbring used what Prince had already written — along with photos, handwritten notes and other materials — to put together the book, “The Beautiful Ones.”

When the opportunity to write the book presented itself, Piepenbring was a 29-year-old writer for The Paris Review who had never written a memoir before. Piepenbring says the reason why Prince chose him is still a mystery. 

“I think what maybe led