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Bob Woodward: Inside His Reporting Secrets
Bob Woodward’s next book will be an inside account of how the bestselling author and award-winning journalist came to write so many inside accounts.
“Secrets: A Reporter’s Memoir” will offer Woodward’s take on some of the government leaders he has known and the news he has helped break, from Watergate to the inner workings of the Trump administration.
Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday that “Secrets” will come out Sept. 29.
“He has kept notes, transcripts and files of all of his interviews with the most important players in Washington,” the publisher’s announcement reads in part.
“For the first time in this one-of-a-kind reporting memoir, Woodward lifts the lid on his historic reporting relationships, some spanning several decades.”
Woodward, who turns 83 this week, became famous in the 1970s when he and fellow Washington Post journalist Carl Bernstein helped break the Watergate scandal and other news about the Nixon administration that eventually led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation.
Woodward also has written or co-written more than 20 bestsellers, including “All the President’s Men,” “Bush at War” and the Trump books “Rage” and “Fear.”
Woodward told The Associated Press during a recent interview that he saw the new book as a chance to “get into the reporting process in detail,” pointing out that he had hourslong conversations with presidents and other leaders. “I’ve had the benefit of not being in a hurry,” he says.
Many of his books are chronicles of current administrations, timed to election years. But shortly after Trump’s win in 2024, he told the AP that he was unsure whether he’d write about him again because he had already reported on Trump throughout his first term.
“I think we know who he is,” Woodward said this week. “He’s so transparent. He’s out there talking, two or three hours a day.”
Bob Woodward rose to prominence uncovering the Watergate scandal in 1973 and has since dedicated his career to exposing the inner workings of government. His non-partisan insights give readers and audiences a rare, behind-the-scenes view of Washington. Having covered ten U.S. presidents, he has chronicled the evolving power of the presidency in 20 bestselling books—13 of which hit #1, more than any contemporary nonfiction writer.
As a speaker, Woodward examines presidential power, governance, and the media’s role in holding leaders accountable. He compares the presidents he’s covered, offering a unique historical perspective. Audiences gain invaluable insights from this journalistic icon. An associate editor at The Washington Post since 1971, Woodward has won nearly every major journalism award, including two Pulitzers. Contact Worldwide Speakers Group to learn more.
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