Julie Couillard plans to write autobiography

An autobiography of Julie Couillard, the woman at the heart of a scandal involving former foreign affairs minister Maxime Bernier, will be published this fall.

The autobiography, to be published in French and English, was announced Friday by both Les Editions de l'Homme, Quebec's largest publishing house, and English Canada's McClelland & Stewart.

"Her book will recount a unique life from her modest beginnings in a working-class neighbourhood of Montreal to her spectacular emergence on the national scene last May," McClelland & Stewart said in its release about the autobiography.

No terms of the book deal were disclosed.

Bernier resigned as foreign affairs minister in May only hours before Couillard described in a television interview how he had left classified briefing documents for a NATO summit at her Montreal home. The two had recently ended their relationship.

It was then revealed that Couillard had been involved with three men who had ties to the Hells Angels, going back to the 1990s.

McLelland & Stewart said Couillard would chronicle her life from childhood experiences, through the tragic death of her companion in 1990s biker gang wars, to her meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush while at Bernier's side.

"Julie Couillard will reveal the details of a life marked by both tragedy and exhilaration," the release said.