Walker is writing a book with George W. Bush's former speechwriter. Walker 'writing' his ticket to 2016?

Add Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to the reading list of potential 2016 candidates-turned-authors.

The GOP governor — who is sometimes mentioned as a possible White House contender — is teaming up with former President George W. Bush’s speechwriter Marc Thiessen for a book, to be titled “Unintimidated: A Governor’s Story and a Nation’s Challenge.”


The book will be about Walker’s time in office, rise to power and family life. It will detail the controversial budget reforms Walker proposed in 2011, which eliminated Wisconsin’s stifling deficit of $3.6 billion by limiting the bargaining power of public employee unions, and how Walker dealt with the backlash.

The book is scheduled to be released later this year.

“This book tells the dramatic story of how one brave leader drove real change in his state, and what the rest of the country can learn from him,” said Alan Zackheim, the president of the Sentinel imprint of Penguin Group and a publisher, in a press release. “It’s not just a memoir — it’s a call to action.”

On the Democratic side of potential 2016 candidates, Hillary Clinton and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo are each looking into writing books. And former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a Republican, recently released a book, “Immigration Wars.”

Breanna Edwards contributed to this report.