Serena Williams Announces Two-Book Deal Including “Open-Hearted” Memoir
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Serena Williams is taking her talents from the tennis court to the keyboard. The 42-year-old shared she recently signed a two-book deal with the Random House Publishing Group. According to ABC News, the first project is a currently untitled memoir.
“For so long, all I was focused on was winning, and I never sat down to look back and reflect on my life and career,” explained the professional athlete.
“Over the last year, I’ve really enjoyed taking the time with my growing family to celebrate my accomplishments and explore my other passions. I couldn’t be at a more perfect place to be able to take on such a personal intimate project, and there’s no one I would rather do it with than the team at Random House.”
The promised book stands as Williams’ second memoir, the first being On The Line issued in 2009. In the new work described as an “open-hearted exploration of the experiences that have shaped her life,” the 23-time Grand Slam champion plans to go deeper.
According to the publisher, Williams shares her experiences with “overcoming scrutiny and attacks in a predominantly white and male-dominated sport, navigating devastating losses on and off the court, falling in love with tech entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian, celebrating body diversity and expanding the confines of style in sports and pop culture, bringing awareness to maternal health disparities, and being a devoted mother to her daughters, Olympia and Adira.”
The second book in the works from the mother of two takes a different path. Described as “inspirational,” the publisher details, “Williams will offer rules for living that draw on her experiences as a philanthropist and advocate, her career as an investment unicorn with Serena Ventures, and someone who has long sought to lift a diverse and emergent generation of young women whose aspirations are not confined to the court.”
In 2022, the tennis star announced her retirement from the sport ahead of the U.S. Open, describing her transition to other endeavors as “evolving.”
In addition to On The Line, Williams previously authored the children’s book The Adventures of Qai Qai released last year.
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