Based on: Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi

Year published: 1986

The book is a nonfiction novel that chronicles the life of mobster turned FBI informant Henry Hill (who was played in the film by Ray Liotta). Pileggi also adapted the book into the screenplay.

Pileggi was married to another famous author and screenwriter, the late Nora Ephron, up until her death in 2012.