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PEOPLE & ARTS Tuesday 9 May 2017
Bill Clinton and James Patterson co-writing a thriller

HILLEL ITALIE selling “My Life.” “Working published the nonfiction
AP National Writer with President Clinton has “All’s Fair” by husband-
NEW YORK (AP) — Neither been the highlight of my and-wife campaign con-
Bill Clinton nor James Pat- career, and having access sultants James Carville and
terson has ever tried some- to his firsthand experience Mary Matalin.
thing like this before. has uniquely informed the Knopf and Little, Brown de-
The former president and writing of this novel,” Pat- clined to offer any more
the best-selling novelist are terson said in a statement. details about the book, in-
collaborating on a thriller, “I’m a storyteller, and Presi- cluding whether it refers to
“The President is Missing,” to dent Clinton’s insight has President Donald Trump,
come out June 2018 as an allowed us to tell a really who last fall defeated Clin-
unusual joint release from interesting one. It’s a rare ton’s wife, Hillary Clinton. Fi-
rival publishers — Alfred A. combination — readers will nancial terms for the novel,
Knopf and Little, Brown and be drawn to the suspense, which the authors began
Co. In a statement Monday of course, but they’ll also working on late in 2016,
provided to The Associated be given an inside look into were not disclosed. Clinton
Press, the publishers called what it’s like to be presi- and Patterson share the In this combination photo, former President Bill Clinton, left, ap-
the book “a unique amal- dent.” “Working on a book same literary representa- pears at a political event at Upper Moreland High School in Wil-
low Grove, Pa. on April 12, 2012, and author James Patterson
gam of intrigue, suspense about a sitting president tive, Washington attorney appears at a photo session in New York on Aug. 30, 2016.
and behind-the-scenes — drawing on what I know Robert Barnett, who nego- Associated Press
global drama from the about the job, life in the tiated the deal. “The Presi- laboration between two er and with our esteemed
highest corridors of power. White House and the way dent is Missing” will be co- best-selling authors,” Meh- houses supporting us.”
It will be informed by details Washington works — has written, co-published and ta and Pietsch said in a Presidents and ex-presi-
that only a president can been a lot of fun,” Clinton co-edited — Knopf Dou- joint statement, “and the dents have been turning
know.”Knopf has long been said in a statement. “And bleday Publishing Group pages we’ve read to date out books for a long time,
Clinton’s publisher, and working with Jim has been chairman Sonny Mehta is are riveting, full of intricate but novels are rare. Jim-
Patterson has been with terrific. I’ve been a fan of working on the manuscript plotting and detail. This is a my Carter, a prolific and
Little, Brown for decades. his for a very long time.” with CEO Michael Pietsch book that promises to en- wide-ranging author since
“The President is Missing” A political release from the of Hachette Book Group, tertain and delight mil- leaving the White House in
is the first work of fiction 1990s had a similar arrange- the parent company of lions of readers around the 1981, released the historical
by Clinton, whose best- ment: Random House and Little, Brown. world, and we are thrilled novel “The Hornet’s Nest” in
known book is the million- Simon & Schuster jointly “This is a blockbuster col- to be working on it togeth- 2003. q