Since it was announced on Publishers Marketplace yesterday, I have to assume that it’s okay if I finally mention it here too.

I’m writing a new book, which will be published by Simon & Schuster/Free Press next year. They published Shut Up, I’m Talking, and I’m thrilled to be working with them again.

The book is called HOW TO MAKE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN SIX MONTHS OR LESS WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR APARTMENT.

It’s sort of a sequel to my first book, if you can imagine that (you can’t, I know). The central premise is that I’m trying to personally solve the Middle East conflict, because it’s boring and I’m tired of hearing about it. I’m not writing about how I would solve it, but actually trying to solve it. And yes, it’s NON-fiction. And, hopefully, will make you laugh.

Here is the announcement that went out:

Salon and New Republic writer Gregory Levey’s HOW TO MAKE PEACE
IN THE MIDDLE EAST IN SIX MONTHS OR LESS WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR APARTMENT, which picks up where his first book, SHUT UP I’M TALKING And Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government, left off, after
the author has returned from his stint as Ariel Sharon’s English
language speechwriter, and returns to the states, ready to resume his
normal life, only to find that everyone he meets — from little Jewish
grandmothers to diplomats — has their own plan for solving the middle
eastern crisis, and decides to settle the issue once and for all, with
humorous results.

I’ll keep you posted on my progress.