title: Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace
text: # Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace
  
  Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace is a memoir by Scott Thorson and Alex Thorleifson, published in 1988 by Dutton, and reissued in 2013. In 2009, it was reported that Thorson was working on a sequel, but as of 2021 this has not materialized.
  
  ## Plot
  
  Scott Thorson recounts his relationship with the entertainer and pianist Liberace.
  
  ## Film adaptation
  
  The memoir was adapted for a television film, Behind the Candelabra, directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, and premiered on HBO on May 26, 2013.
  
  