'Fire and Fury' author to publish new tell-all on Trump

NEW YORK - Michael Wolff, whose tell-all about Donald Trump's chaotic early days in the White House was one of last year's bestsellers, is to publish a follow up next month called "Siege: Trump Under Fire."

"Fire and Fury," the first of a string of books about the Trump presidency, was published in January 2018 and sold more than four million copies worldwide. 

Citing dozens of anonymous insider sources, the book told the story of how the former real estate magnate and reality star stunned the world by winning the 2016 election, painting an unflattering portrait of a chaotic campaign and an incompetent president.

Wolff's publisher Henry Holt, a subsidiary of Macmillan, said that where "Fire and Fury" dealt with Trump's first year in the White House, the new book "reveals an administration that is perpetually beleaguered by investigations and a president who is increasingly volatile, erratic and exposed."

The book, to be released on June 4, starts out with Trump's presidency going into its second year and ends with the publication of the report by special counsel Robert Mueller about Russian interference in the 2016 election. 

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Coming soon: 'Fire and Fury' - the TV series

LOS ANGELES - Michael Wolff's explosive behind-the-scenes book about U.S. President Donald Trump, "Fire and Fury," is headed for television, Hollywood trade publications reported on Wednesday.


Hollywood entertainment company Endeavor Content has bought the rights to the best-selling book and plans to adapt it for a television series, Variety and the Hollywood Reporter said.

Wolff will executive produce the series, which will be shopped to various networks. No casting or air date has been set but the announcement set off speculation about who would play some of the key figures in the White House.

"Fire and Fury" portrays a chaotic White House in Trump's first year as president, based on extensive interviews with Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon and others.


It sold more than 28,000 copies in the United States in its first week, according to NPD BookScan.

The book, published on Jan. 5, characterized Trump as unstable, inept and unprepared to be president. Trump responded on Twitter that Wolff was "a total loser who made up stories in order to sell this really boring and untruthful book." 

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