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US Sen. Brown earned $700,000 advance for memoir

New financial disclosure reports are showing U.S. Sen. Scott Brown received a $700,000 book advance from publishers HarperCollins following his surprise win in Massachusetts.

 

In memoir, Tim Tebow details blessed life rooted in faith

In memoir, Tim Tebow details blessed life rooted in faith

Tim Tebow is a 23-year-old second-year, second-string quarterback on a so-so NFL team. So who's going to buy his memoirs? What's to remember? ...

 

Sotomayor Gets Nearly $1.2 Million for Memoir

Sotomayor Gets Nearly $1.2 Million for Memoir

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says she received nearly $1.2 million to write a memoir of her rise from a South Bronx housing project to the nation's highest court.

 

Jaycee Dugard Reportedly Writes a Tell-All

Jaycee Dugard, a Northern California woman who was kidnapped at 11 years old and held captive for almost two decades, will apparently release a biography published by Simon & Shuster this summer, Fox40.com reported. “A Stolen Life,” a 256-page memoir, will have a July 12th release, and was written solely by Dugard.

 

Book review: 'Dick Van Dyke: My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business'

Book review: 'Dick Van Dyke: My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business'

The personable performer has written an engaging memoir that stresses the personal over the professional.The personable performer has written an engaging memoir that stresses the personal over the professional.

 

Jesse James: 'I admitted the affair' to Bullock

Jesse James: 'I admitted the affair' to Bullock

In his new memoir "American Outlaw," the motorcycle mogul, 42, reveals intimate details on perhaps the hardest conversation ever in their nearly six-year marriage.

 

Ashley Judd reveals sexual abuse

Ashley Judd reveals sexual abuse

In a raw new memoir, "All That Is Bitter & Sweet," Ashley Judd is baring all when it comes to being raised as the daughter of country music's Naomi Judd.

 

His turn: Jermaine Jackson has book deal

His turn: Jermaine Jackson has book deal

A long-rumored memoir by Michael Jackson's brother Jermaine is finally coming out....

 

Charlie Sheen Shopping Memoir

Charlie Sheen Shopping Memoir

Is the world ready for a memoir called "Apocalypse Me"? Perhaps if it's by Charlie Sheen. The recently fired star of the CBS sitcom "Two and a Half Men" wants to tell his combustible life story, said executives at three publishing houses who asked not to be identified, citing the sensitive nature of the project.

 

Mark Twain Memoir Popularity Presses Deadlines For Following Volumes

Mark Twain Memoir Popularity Presses Deadlines For Following Volumes

Harriet Elinor Smith was accustomed to anonymity. As lead editor for the "Autobiography of Mark Twain" and other Twain books, she has spent decades holed up with rare documents in a UC Berkeley office, fretting over commas and obscure references to 19th century personalities.

 

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