Sen. Brown to work with Laura Bush's collaborator
WASHINGTON – Senator Scott Brown’s new book will be written with Lyric Wallwork Winik, the author who recently collaborated with former first lady Laura Bush.
Brown’s book contract has also been signed off on by the Senate Ethics Committee, according to a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts Republican.
His office would not release any further details about the book, and all proceedings by the ethics committee are done in private. Any advance that Brown received will be reflected in his 2010 financial disclosure forms, but those are not due until May 2011. The ethics committee reviews book contracts to ensure that they comply with all gift and ethics guidelines.
Winik, a former Washington correspondent for Parade magazine, most recently worked with Bush on her newly-released memoir, “Spoken From the Heart."
Brown’s book is scheduled to be released in early 2011 and will be published by HarperCollins. In the book, Brown is planning to write about his family, early career, and his surprising special election victory in Massachusetts.
According to spokeswoman Gail Gitcho, he would work on the book on the weekends and during personal time.
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