Joan Rivers Biography Set For 2016 Release - Leslie Bennetts Of Vanity Fair & New York Times Writing 'Joan Rivers: A Life'

Vanity Fair and New York Times journalist Leslie Bennetts is set to write the biography of recently deceased comedy legend Joan Rivers. Entitled Joan Rivers: A Life, this publication has a release date set for 2016 from publishers Little, Brown and Company.

"Joan Rivers' life story was, in every way, a remarkably dramatic roller-coaster ride characterized by triumphant highs and devastating lows, one that is both wildly entertaining and deeply moving. But Rivers' career was also enormously significant in American cultural history, breaking down barriers for women in television and comedy and continually redefining the acceptable boundaries of truth-telling for women in public life. It's hard to imagine a more compelling subject for a book - or one that would be more fun," Bennetts said in a statement this week, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

This news, of course, comes just under two weeks after Rivers' death from a botched medical procedure. She was 81-years-old.

"Joan Rivers was more than a comedian - she was an icon and a role model to millions," editor-in-chief Judy Clain at Little, Brown and Company added. "I'm thrilled that journalist Leslie Bennetts is now on board with Little, Brown to bring the full depth and drama of Rivers's career and personality to life."

According to THR, this biography is described as "the definitive book about Rivers's tumultuous, victorious, tragic, glamorous, and fascinating life."

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)