Books to look forward to...Or not.

Lynne Cheney will write a biography of James Madison. The book will be published by Viking in 2011.

Veterinarian Nick Trout, author of Tell Me Where It Hurts: A Day of Humor, Healing and Hope in My Life as an Animal Surgeon, has signed a deal to write two more books, due out in 2010 and 2011.

Augusten Burroughs's (of Running With Scissors fame) mother has decided to get in on the action with a memoir telling her side of the story. A Place To Come Home To will be based on her diaries and will recount her abusive marriage and her descent into psychosis.

Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, has just published her second book Things I've Been Silent About, a memoir of her childhood in Iran.

Ben Mezrich, author of Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions, which was made into the popular movie 21 starring Kevin Spacey, will be publishing his next book in the fall of 2009. The book will be about the Harvard students who founded Facebook and Harvard's Final Clubs (I had no idea what Final Clubs were, so here's a nice little Wikipedia description). Kevin Spacey's production company will be adapting the book for film.

David Wroblewski, author of Oprah pick The Story of Edgar Sawtelle has a deal to write the prequel to Edgar Sawtelle, which will detail the history of the Sawtelle family and the history of the fictional breed of dog featured in the book. The prequel will be the second in a planned trilogy.

Laura Bush's memoir will be published by Scribner and is due out in 2010.

James Patterson apparently decided that dominating the fiction bestseller lists was not enough and recently added a nonfiction book to his corpus with Against Medical Advice. He will be publishing another nonfiction book in November titled The Murder of King Tut.