Neil Young to Publish Memoir in Fall 2012

Posted on September 20, 2011

Singer-songwriter Neil Young will publish his memoir next year. His book is tentatively titled Waging Heavy Peace. It will be published in fall of 2012 by Blue Rider Press, a member of Penquin Group (USA).

Blue Rider's president and publisher acquired world print, ebook and audio rights to to the book from Elliot Roberts, Young's manager. Neil Young says writing books fit him like a glove.

Young says, "I felt like writing books fit me like a glove; I started and I just kept going. That's the way my Daddy used to do it on his old Underwood up in the attic. He said, 'Just keep writing, you never know what will turn up.'"