Monica Lewinsky Lands Tell-All Book Deal Decades After Bill Clinton Scandal Shook Washington

Monica Lewinsky has taken a major step toward publishing her first autobiography, nearly three decades after her relationship with former President Bill Clinton became a national scandal.

Lewinsky, 53, has sold her upcoming book to editor Reagan Arthur, senior vice president and publisher of Hachette’s Cardinal imprint, according to a Page Six report published Tuesday, November 10.

Arthur previously worked on former President Joe Biden‘s upcoming memoir, Promise Me, America, which is scheduled for release on November 17, per the report.

Lewinsky’s book deal was handled by WME agents Suzanne Gluck and Alyssa Reuben, according to the outlet.

The contents of the book remain a mystery, including whether Lewinsky will share new details about her relationship with Clinton.

Lewinsky and Clinton had a relationship from 1995 to 1997, while she worked as a White House intern. Their affair became public in January 1998, prompting a political scandal after Clinton initially denied the relationship before later admitting to it. He was impeached by the House of Representatives in December 1998 on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice but was acquitted by the Senate in February 1999.

As Globe previously reported, Lewinsky had been shopping the book to publishers in October. At the time, sources suggested, per Page Six Hollywood, the project could explore her years in the White House and her life afterward, including her work as an anti-bullying advocate and podcast host.

Lewinsky previously cooperated with author Andrew Morton on his 1999 book, Monica’s Story, but has never published an autobiography of her own.

In 2012, rumors circulated that she had secured a $12 million deal to write about her relationship with Clinton.

However, Lewinsky denied the claim in 2014. She explained via an essay in Vanity Fair that several planned media projects had been canceled and insisted she “wasn’t offered $12 million for a salacious tell-all book.”

In Vanity Fair, Lewinsky also expressed remorse about her relationship with Clinton, writing, “I, myself deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton.”

She explained that she had initially viewed their relationship as a genuine emotional connection but later struggled with the consequences of the scandal. “In my early 20s, I was too young to understand the real-life consequences,” she shared, per the outlet.

Since then, Lewinsky has continued discussing her experiences publicly, including through her podcast, Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky, which launched in 2025.