Bob Woodward reveals ‘Secrets’ behind his great reporting in new memoir

Bob Woodward’s next book will be an inside story of how the best-selling author and award-winning journalist came to write so many inside stories.

“Secrets: A Reporter’s Memoir” will offer Woodward’s perspective on some of the government leaders he has known and the news he helped break, from Watergate to the inner workings of the Trump administration.

Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday that “Secrets” will be released on September 29.

“He kept notes, transcripts and files of all his interviews with the most important players in Washington,” the publisher’s announcement reads in part.

“For the first time in this unique reporting memoir, Woodward lifts the veil on his historical relationships, some spanning decades.”

Woodward, who turns 83 this week, rose to fame in the 1970s when he and fellow Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein helped break the Watergate scandal and other news about the Nixon administration that ultimately led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

Woodward also wrote or co-wrote more than 20 best-selling books, including “All the President’s Men,” “Bush at War” and the Trump books “Rage” and “Fear.”

Woodward told The Associated Press in a recent interview that he saw the new book as an opportunity to “get into the process of reporting in detail,” noting that he had had hours-long conversations with presidents and other leaders. “I had the advantage of not being in a hurry,” he says.

Many of his books are chronicles of current administrations, tied to election years. But shortly after Trump’s 2024 victory, he told the AP he wasn’t sure whether to write about him again because he had already reported on Trump throughout his first term.

“I think we know who he is,” Woodward said this week. “He’s so transparent. He talks outside, two or three hours a day.”