Biographical note:

Amy Sedaris, Paul Dinello, and Stephen Colbert met at Chicago's Second City and have been collaborators ever since. They have developed two separate series for Comedy Central: "Exit 57," and Comedy Central's first live action series, "Strangers with Candy." Amy Sedaris is one half of the "Talent Family"-the other half is David Sedaris-and together they have collaborated on eight plays, including the Obie Award-winning "One Woman Shoe." Stephen Colbert is a writer and correspondent on the Peabody Award-winning "The Daily Show." In addition to TV work, Dinello and Colbert are successful screenwriters. They all currently reside together pm am organic date farm on the Tunisian coast. Todd Oldham is a well-known designer and photographer.

Main description:

igfield is a town in danger. Built directly in front of a massive dam, this bucolic hideaway will soon be flooded when the dam is torn down by the state government to restore the salmon run. Wigfield's only hope lies in the self-righteous, self-aggrandizing, self-involved 'journalist' Russell Hokes, who arrives hoping to capture the quiet dignity of the disappearing American Small Town. However, Wigfield is neither quiet nor dignified. And as the date of Wigfield's destruction draws nearer, Hokes casts about like a cork in a typhoon desperate to find something about Wigfield worth documenting-or saving. Told through interviews with its many colorful residents, and accompanied by photos of the authors in character, Wigfield is a razor-sharp satire by three major talents.