Tina Brown to Write ‘The Clinton Chronicles’ for Doubleday  

By Bridget Kinsella -- Publishers Weekly, 1/10/2008 8:52:00 AM

Doubleday announced today that Tina Brown will take on the Bill and Hillary Clinton era in The Clinton Chronicles to be edited by Phyllis Grann and published in 2010.

Grann acquired U.S. rights from Ed Victor for an undisclosed amount. Grann reportedly paid $2 million for Brown’s The Diana Chronicles published last summer and which had hit both the PW and New York Times bestsellers lists, prompting speculation that the Clinton deal could be considerably larger. Brown edited the New Yorker for most of the Clinton administration, giving her a unique perspection of the Clinton years.

“The publication of The Diana Chronicles confirmed that Tina is an enormously gifted author as well as a masterful editor,” said Grann. “Her portrait of the Clintons will undoubtedly be every bit as unique, insightful and immensely readable as her critically acclaimed biography of the Princess of Wales.” The Diana Chronicles has 300,000 copies in print.