Amanda Knox, the American who was successfully cleared of murdering her British housemate in 2011, is planning to write her memoirs.
The 24-year-old's book is the subject of an intense bidding war in America where the rights to her story is expected to sell for over $1 million (£650,000).
"Soft-spoken, smart, almost scholarly” is how she has been described in the New York Times by one of the publishers who met her, who also added that “everyone fell in love with her”.
Knox was certainly loved by the press during her trial. The American – who served four years in an Italian prison before her appeal – was the subject of intense fascination both in America and Britain, where she was dubbed ‘Foxy Knoxy’ by the tabloid press and portrayed as a femme fatale figure.
Yet despite the media interest, Knox has kept silent since her release about the events that led to the death of Meredith Kercher - the crime she was accused of alongside her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito – and her time in jail.
The only small insight into her experience – and writing style – so far has been a brief handwritten note she issued to supporters after being released, in which she expressed her gratitude but revealed little else.
Rather than give the story to the newspapers, she’s apparently been content to wait to have her say in her own words – and pocket far more cash in return.
The deal for the book, which is said to be based on diaries she kept while in jail, is being looked after by Robert Barnett, the lawyer who secured big money book deals for Barack Obama, Tony Blair and Bill Clinton.
The book has been met with a muted response in the UK, with several publisher telling the Guardian they won’t touch it – mainly because the crime is still viewed with suspicion in Britain.
Knox’s memoirs will be the most highly anticipated book release from someone acquitted for a crime since OJ Simpson’s ill-fated If I Did It, the 2007 book in which he put forth a hypothetical explanation of how he would have murdered Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman - had he actually be responsible.
Although plans to release the book were quickly shelved, the concept caused much controversy and copies of the book were leaked online.