The writing of The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli was a storyline on General Hospital, during late 2010 and early 2011.

The story featured Damian Spinelli, enlisting Diane Miller to help him write a novel based on his private investigator persona.

"[4] Hennesy spoke about being approached to write the novel during an interview with Xfinity, "About a year and a half ago Jill Farren Phelps approached me and said that all the higher ups at ABC and the publishing house, Hyperion, and Disney and because of the Pandora series they knew that I was already a published author.

So they’re the ones who actually approached me, would I like to write a fictionalized account of all the characters in Port Charles from Spinelli’s point of view.

Because I am a published author, it was a tiny stroke of genius to have the actress playing the character write the book too.

Roughly one year ago, the following manuscript appeared at our offices in a manila envelope bearing no return address.

[7] A more positive review noted that, "Each tale is filled with amusing language and over the top scenarios fans of GH can certainly picture Spinelli getting into but with a Sam Spade-like flair.