- Kamala Harris announced the release of her campaign memoir, "107 Days," set to publish on Sept. 23.
- The memoir will cover Harris' presidential campaign, the shortest in modern history.
- Harris will be narrating the audiobook. The book is said to be 320 pages.
Following her failed presidential campaign in 2024, former Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Thursday that she will be releasing a memoir about her run for office.
The book, titled “107 Days,” after the length of her short campaign, will be published by Simon & Schuster on Sept. 23, according to The Associated Press.
As part of the announcement, Harris posted a video on X talking about the memoir.
“107 days traveling the country, fighting for our future — the shortest presidential campaign in modern history,“ she said in the video.
She continued, “Since leaving office, I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on those days, talking with my team, my family, my friends, and pulling my thoughts together. In essence, writing a journal that is this book, ’107 Days.’ With candor and reflection, I’ve written a behind-the-scenes account of that journey.”
What we know about ‘107 Days’
The memoir announcement comes one day after the former vice president confirmed she will not run for governor of California in 2026, per The New York Times.
Ever since Harris lost the presidential election last year, there have been many questions about what she will do next and if she will run for office again.
According to The New York Times, this book will be focused on the campaign and not her time serving as vice president. Harris previously released a memoir in 2019 titled “The Truths We Hold: An American Journey,” which covered her upbringing and early political career.
Harris’ short presidential campaign began last year after former President Joe Biden dropped out of the race last July. In November, she was defeated by President Donald Trump.
“I believe there’s value in sharing what I saw, what I learned, and what I know it will take to move forward in writing this book,” Harris said in the video.
Following her book announcement, Harris will be appearing on “The Late Show” on Thursday for her first interview since the 2024 election, per NBC News.
Simon & Schuster confirmed that Harris would be narrating the audiobook. The book is listed as being 320 pages, and the financial terms for the book deal were not disclosed.
Who did Harris work with when writing this book?
Jonathan Karp, the chief executive of Simon & Schuster, described Harris’ memoir as “not a typical political tome,” and continued, “It’s closer in spirit to ‘The West Wing’ or ‘Rocky.’ It reads like a suspense novel,” per The New York Times.
While putting together the narrative, Harris worked with Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Geraldine Brooks.
“Geraldine is a former journalist and also a novelist, so she knows how to ask those discerning questions, and she also knows how to carry a narrative,” said Dawn Davis, senior vice president of Simon & Schuster, per The New York Times. “Even though I knew how it ended, I was turning the pages as if it was a mystery.”
The book was coedited by Karp and Davis.
“Kamala Harris is a singular American leader,” Karp said in a statement, per the AP. “‘107 DAYS’ captures the drama of running for president better than just about anything I’ve read. It’s one of the best works of political nonfiction Simon & Schuster has ever published. It’s an eyewitness contribution to history and an extraordinary story.”