Former US 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 say.
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 on Monday.
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.
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"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."
