Neil Patrick Harris will release a memoir in 2014
Because clearly he hasn鈥檛 yet conquered enough fields of entertainment, actor Neil Patrick Harris is writing a memoir, currently scheduled for release in 2014.
The book by Harris, who currently stars on the TV show 鈥�How I Met Your Mother鈥� and has also served as an awards host, director, producer, and magician as well as performing on Broadway, will be 鈥渁 work of imaginative nonfiction that delivers an interactive, nonlinear reading experience that breaks the boundaries of conventional memoir,鈥� according to a from the book鈥檚 publisher Crown Archetype.
Harris will 鈥渄raw upon his love of adventure and surprise in creating the book, as well as upon the many roles he has played in his life and career 鈥� from being a child star to coming out, and from acting on Broadway to becoming a proud father,鈥� the statement continued.
Harris鈥檚 show 鈥淗ow I Met Your Mother鈥� will continue for at least another season through this spring, and he will appear in the film 鈥淭he Smurfs 2,鈥� which is due in 2013, reprising his role as protagonist Patrick Winslow. He hosted the Tony Awards for the third time this past June and is reportedly involved in a sequel to the musical web series 鈥淒r. Horrible鈥檚 Sing-Along Blog,鈥� which its creator Joss Whedon said will start filming this spring.
鈥淚'm excited to be writing a book of the observations and stories of my life," Harris said in a statement about his memoir. "I read with great fondness Tina Fey's 鈥楤ossypants,' so my plan is just to reprint those exact stories but change the names to people that I knew. What editor would take issue with that?鈥�
