Hillary Clinton bio is coming
Former Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein, who with Bob Woodward helped expose the Watergate scandal, has spent eight years researching the life of Hillary Rodham Clinton and will publish a 640-page biography of her in June, its publisher said Monday.
The book, to be published by Alfred A. Knopf, is called “A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton” and will have a first printing of 350,000 copies in the United States, a Knopf spokesman said.
He added that the size of the first printing was very high, indicating that Knopf expected the book to be a bestseller at a time when Clinton, a Democratic U.S. senator from New York and wife of former President Bill Clinton, is one of the front-runners in the battle to win the Democratic presidential nomination.
Bernstein, known for his investigative reporting, interviewed more than 200 people for the book, including friends, colleagues and adversaries of Clinton’s. The work covers her life up through the decision to run for the presidency.
The Knopf spokesman said Bernstein did not interview Clinton or her husband for the book although he has had contact with them over the years.
The book is due June 19.
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