Bill Clinton teams up with thriller author

Record ID: 862265

  • Title: Bill Clinton teams up with thriller author
  • Date: 8th May 2017
  • Summary: PENONOME, PANAMA (FILE-NOVEMBER 10, 2015) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** CLINTON SPEAKS ABOUT CLEAN ENERGY AS PART OF THE CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - OCTOBER 15, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF AUTHOR JAMES PATTERSON BEING INTERVIEWED
  • Embargoed: 22nd May 2017 21:34
  • Keywords: literature book writing novel The President is Missing James Patterson Bill Clinton
  • Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES; NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES; PENONOME, PANAMA; UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS;
  • City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES; NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES; PENONOME, PANAMA; UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS;
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Books,Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Sport
  • Reuters ID: LVA0026FZC9XJ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is working with best-selling suspense writer James Patterson on a novel called "The President is Missing," which will be published in June 2018, the publishers said on Monday (May 8).
    The book will be "a unique amalgam of intrigue, suspense and behind-the-scenes global drama from the highest corridors of power," publishers Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group and Hachette Book Group said in a statement.
    Clinton said he had been a fan of Patterson for years and has enjoyed working with him.
    "Working on a book about a sitting president - drawing on what I know about the job, life in the White House, and the way Washington works - has been a lot of fun," Clinton said in a statement.
    Patterson, known for his novels featuring the psychologist Alex Cross and for the "Women's Murder Club" series, said working with Clinton was the highlight of his career.
    "I'm a story-teller, and President Clinton's insight has allowed us to tell a really interesting one," he said in a statement.
    "It's a rare combination," he added. "Readers will be drawn to the suspense, of course, but they'll also be given an inside look into what it's like to be president."
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