Oprah Winfrey will finally get to highlight her own book in her book club. The media mogul will be writing a memoir, which should be out by January 2017.
Titled The Life You Want, the book will be published by Flatiron Books, a Macmillan imprint. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the deal also includes the creation of her own imprint at Macmillan, which will publish nonfiction books.
Winfrey, 61, thinks that her story “inspires other people to live the highest, fullest expression of themselves” and will remind readers that “anyone can put their life on a new trajectory.” The book will include stories no one has heard before publicly.
As the Associated Press notes, Winfrey has avoided writing a memoir up to this point, although she came close in 1993 when she cancelled a book. She did publish a collection of her O The Oprah Magazine columns last year.
Earlier this week, Winfrey discussed a painful memory during a speaking tour stop in Australia. She talked about her pregnancy at age 14, which ended with a baby born prematurely. The baby died weeks after he was born.