For his personal story of “poetry, danger, and darkness” Bruce Springsteen is reportedly receiving an advance of more than $10 million, Page Six reported.

Simon and Schuster announced Thursday that Springsteen has been privately working on his autobiography “Born to Run” for seven years, and now it’s due for international release Sept. 27, a few days after his 67th birthday.

Sources tell Page Six that the publisher paid a more than $10 million advance. While representatives for the publisher and the Boss had no comment on the figure, publishing “insiders” expect the book to be a huge best-seller.

A spokesman for Simon and Schuster called it “the book we’ve been hoping for,” while Ian Chapman, CEO of Simon and Schuster UK, told The Guardian: “If you were to ask any publisher to name a cultural figure whose autobiography would provoke the greatest enthusiasm, Bruce Springsteen’s name would be on every list.”

It’s hard to say whether $10 million is one of the highest prices ever paid for a celebrity memoir, though it appears to put Springsteen in the top tier. In fact, the $10 million figure is higher than the recent advances reportedly paid to J.K. Rowling ($8 million), Hillary Clinton ($8 million), Tom Wolfe ($7 million) Tina Fey ($6 million), Lena Dunham ($3.7 million), Demi Moore ($2 million) and Dick Cheney ($2 million), according to the website The Richest.

Simon and Schuster said Springsteen began working on the book in 2009 after his performance with the E Street Band at the Super Bowl’s halftime show.

With “disarming candor,” Springsteen describes growing up in Freehold, N.J., amid the “poetry, danger, and darkness” that fueled his imagination, according to the publisher. The book also recounts “his relentless drive to become a musician, his early days as a bar band king in Asbury Park, and the rise of the E Street Band.”

“Writing about yourself is a funny business,” Springsteen said in a statement. “But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I’ve tried to do this.”

Martha Ross provides celebrity commentary for the Bay Area News Group. Follow her at twitter.com/marthajross.