Amanda Knox signs book deal
Controversial figure Amanda Knox has signed a book deal with HarperCollins for a reported $4 million.
Knox, 24, had her conviction overturned in October after being sentenced to 26 years imprisonment for the murder of Knox’s roommate, Meredith Kercher , in 2007 in Perugia , Italy , where Knox was an exchange student. Knox’s boyfriend at the time, Rafaele Sollecito , also was cleared of the crime after initially being sentenced to 25 years in prison. Sollecito is rumored to be seeking a publisher for a memoir of his own.
Various publishers bid for the rights to Knox’s memoir, according to The New York Times . The memoir is slated to be released in 2013.
“Knox will give a full and unflinching account of the events that led to her arrest in Perugia and her struggles with the complexities of the Italian judicial system,” a statement from HarperCollins read.
Molly Driscoll is a Monitor contributor.
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