LYNCH HAS $1 MILLION BOOK DEAL - Released Expected In November

(09/03/2003)

Jessica Lynch has a one million-dollar book deal with a leading publisher. She is expected to tell the story of her capture and rescue in Iraq, even though questions remain over how much she remembers. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced that the former prisoner of war will collaborate on "I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story" with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Rick Bragg. The book is scheduled for mid-November, with a first printing of around 500,000 copies. There were stories circulating that Lynch and Bragg will split a one million-dollar advance, with any royalties going to Lynch. Bragg has exclusive access to Lynch and her family for book material. Doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington said it's unlikely Lynch will remember much about her capture. A Knopf spokesman said the state of her memory is "excellent."

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