美国前总统克林顿转型惊悚小说家

Former United States president Bill Clinton is joining with American writer James Patterson to write a novel.

美国前总统比尔·克林顿（Bill Clinton）将联手美国著名作家詹姆斯·帕特森（James Patterson）一同创作小说。

 

The book will be called The President is Missing. It is to be released in June 2018. The new work will be an unusual joint project of publishers Alfred A. Knopf and Little, Brown and Company.

这部名为《总统失踪了》的小说将于2018年6月面世。这部新作将成为克诺普出版公司（Alfred A. Knopf）与利特尔·布朗出版公司（Little, Brown）一次罕见的合作。

 

In a statement this week, the publishers called the book a combination of "intrigue, suspense and behind-the-scenes global drama from the highest corridors of power. It will be informed by details that only a president can know."

在本周的一份声明中，这两家出版公司均表示，新作“阴谋四起、悬念迭生还有全球最高权力圈中的猛料。故事中的细节只有当过总统的人才知道。”

 

In the statement, Clinton said "working on a book about a sitting president -- drawing on what I know about the job, life in the White House, and the way Washington works -- has been a lot of fun."

克林顿在声明中表示：“写一本关于在任总统的书，再加入自己对这份特殊职业、白宫日常及政府运作方式的见解，这是件很有意思的事情。”

 

In a statement, Patterson called working with the former president "the highlight" of his career. He added "I'm a storyteller, and President Clinton's insight has allowed us to tell a really interesting one. It's a rare combination -- readers will be drawn to the suspense, of course, but they'll also be given an inside look into what it's like to be president."

帕特森在声明称，与前任总统联手是其职业生涯的“亮点”。他还表示，“总统克林顿先生披露的东西足够让我润色出一个精彩的故事。这是一个难得的组合——读者势必会被书中悬念吸引，同时他们还能深入地了解总统的生活。”

 

Patterson has written a large number of best-selling novels with other people, including his son Jack. Former presidents rarely write novels. But Jimmy Carter, who was president from 1977 to 1981, published the historical novel The Hornet's Nest in 2003.

帕特森曾经与他人合著过多部畅销小说，包括他的儿子杰克。前总统们很少涉足小说领域。曾于1977年至1981年担任总统的吉米·卡特（Jimmy Carter）在2003年出版了历史小说《马蜂窝》。

 

And Margaret Truman, the daughter of former president Harry Truman, had a successful career as a writer. She wrote a series of mysteries. Her father served as president from 1945 to 1953.

I'm Marsha James.

前总统哈里·杜鲁门（Harry Truman）之女玛格丽特·杜鲁门（Margaret Truman）的作家生涯也相当成功。她写了一系列的悬疑小说。其父亲曾于1945年至1953年担任美国总统。