Gorsuch receives $250K book advance payment

Justice Neil Gorsuch is writing a new book about judicial and regulatory policy.

The book deal with HarperCollins was signed last summer but publication is not imminent and may not happen until 2024, according to a person familiar with the matter. The first portion of the advance that was paid to Gorsuch was $250,000, which was revealed in Gorsuch’s most recent financial disclosure dated May 16.

Gorsuch is represented by Javelin, a premier Washington literary agency that has represented authors from across the political and media spectrums, including former Trump national security adviser John Bolton and former FBI Director James Comey.

A spokesperson for the court had no immediate comment.

This is Gorsuch’s second book for a broader audience; in 2019, he published “A Republic, If You Can Keep It,” which explored his journey from Colorado to becoming a Supreme Court justice, among other matters. The book made the New York Times bestseller list.

In recent years, a number of Supreme Court justices have written books about their judicial philosophies and their upbringings. Last year, Justice Stephen Breyer published “​​The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics.” In 2014, Justice Sonia Sotomayor published “My Beloved World.”