Random House Inks Six-figure Book Deal With Euna Lee
November 12, 2009
Current TV correspondent Euna Lee, who with her colleague Laura Ling was captured by North Korea and sentenced to 12 years hard labor before being freed, is writing her memoir of the experience for the Broadway Books imprint of Random House, the New York Post and The New York Times reported today
She received a six figure advance for the book, tentatively titled, “The World is Bigger Now: A Memoir of Faith, Family and Freedom.”
Ms. Lee, a producer for Current TV, was arrested with a colleague, Laura Ling, by North Korean soldiers on March 17 while they were filming at the border between China and North Korea. According to The Times, Lee’s book will detail “her 140 days of imprisonment, her ongoing interrogation and her efforts to protect her sources and the subjects of her reporting,” as well as the importance of her religious faith during this time.
Ling is presently pitching her own book with her sister, the journalist Lisa Ling. A literary agent for the Lings did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
- Freed Journalist to Write Memoir About Her Captivity, The New York Times
- Six-figure Book Deal for Journalist Captured by North Korea, NY Post
- Glamour Names Euna Lee, Laura Ling 2009 Women of the Year, Epicanthus
- Human Rights Activists Say Current TV Reporters Jeopardized Efforts to Help NKorean Refugees, Epicanthus
- Unedited Video of Euna Lee, Laura Ling Homecoming, Epicanthus
