Evan Agostini/Associated Press John Heilemann, left, and Mark Halperin attended the premiere of the film version of their book, “Game Change.”
5:14 p.m. | Updated Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, the political journalists behind the best seller “Game Change,” about the 2008 presidential campaign, will publish a book about the just-concluded election under the title “Double Down: Game Change 2012,” Penguin Press announced on Tuesday.
Penguin also said that HBO had optioned the rights to the book, which is set to appear in fall 2013.
“Game Change,” which made its debut at No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list in 2010, featured behind-the-scenes machinations within the Obama and McCain campaigns.
Mr. Halperin is a senior political analyst for both Time magazine and MSNBC and Mr. Heilemann is national affairs editor for New York magazine and political commentator on MSNBC.
Their earlier book was the basis of an HBO film starring Julianne Moore as Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska and Woody Harrelson as the Republican strategist Steve Schmidt. The film, which focused exclusively on the book’s revelations about Senator John McCain’s unexpected decision to pick Ms. Palin as his running mate, won five Emmy awards.
The book is being handled by the power duo of Ann Godoff at Penguin and Andrew Wylie at The Wylie Agency.
In making the announcement, Ms. Godoff said that “Double Down” would break news about the campaigns.
Leslie Kaufman writes about the publishing industry. Follow @leslieNYT on Twitter.
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