Former Inmate Featured at State of the Union Gets Book Deal

Alice Johnson (C), special guest of President Donald Trump, with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, attends the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, on Feb. 5, 2019. Alex Wong/Getty Images

NEW YORK—An inmate whose life sentence was commuted thanks in part to the efforts of Kim Kardashian West has a book deal, along with deals for film and television rights.

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Feb. 6 that Alice Marie Johnson’s “After Life: My Journey From Incarceration to Freedom” comes out May 21.