Inside Drive: A Novel of Basketball, Life, and Love

by Justin Timberlake

In the pages of Inside Drive , ’NSYNC’s own Justin Timberlake makes a move from center stage to center court to share with you his private basketball. Here he writes the thrilling story of two brilliant athletes, best friends since childhood, who risk heart and soul for one chance at a championship season.

For the pro b-ball scoring phenomenon named Justin Taylor, basketball is life–and life is about winning. But no matter how hard he plays, or how many shots he makes, the rest of the Tampa Stingrays cannot keep up with him. What they need is a point guard with enough experience in assists to lead them to the playoffs. Justin knows the perfect person for the job, someone he started shooting hoops with in grade school. But his friend already plays on another team, in another state, in another league.

She’s also a woman.

Teresa Brunson has got game. And she’s come a long way since her first pick-up match with Justin more than ten years ago. After struggling over the hurdles of a biracial upbringing and the grueling challenges of pro sports, Teresa has become a sensation on her own by leading the women’s league in assists. But even she cannot believe it when Justin announces that he wants her recruited to the Stingrays. There’s one No matter how good they are, women are not allowed on professional men’s teams. But as an impossible dream turns into an electrifying, full-court quest for glory, an old friendship grows up to be something more. . . .

Justin Timberlake pours his passions and beliefs into this intense, exciting story about the game that he loves–and a relationship that defies all boundaries.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2003

About the author

Justin Randall Timberlake is an American pop singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor. He came to fame as one of the lead singers of pop boy band 'N Sync and has won six Grammy Awards as well as an Emmy Award. In 2002, he released his debut solo album, Justified, which sold over 7 million copies worldwide. Timberlake's second solo release, FutureSex/LoveSounds, was released in 2006 with the U.S. number-one hit singles "SexyBack", "My Love", and "What Goes Around... Comes Around". The album also spawned three additional U.S. top twenty hits ("Summer Love", "LoveStoned", and "Until the End of Time") making it the first time a male artist has achieved six top twenty hits from one album since Michael Jackson did so from 1991-1992, with his album Dangerous. As of January 2008, FutureSex/LoveSounds has sold over 8 million copies. With his first two albums, Timberlake has sold over 18 million records worldwide alone, as well as over 50 million copies as one of the two lead singers in NSYNC. He has started a record label called Tennman Records and a fashion label, William Rast.