Amanda Berry, Gina Dejesus and Michelle Knight Rescuer Charles Ramsey Book Deal Signed, Details
The Cleveland man responsible for saving three women Ariel Castro held captive for nearly a decade signed a book deal, a publishing company announced Sunday.
Cleveland publishing house Gray & Co. penned an agreement for a memoir by Charles Ramsey on Thursday, Dec. 19. Ramsey's memoir - which is not yet titled - will describe his life before, during and after the famous rescue in May 2013. It will detail the short time he spent living next door to Castro while being unaware of the atrocities taking place in the kidnapper's Cleveland, Ohio, home. Ramsey is also expected to detail his earlier years before his heroic act, including time he spent in prison, according to Gray & Co.
The 44-year-old garnered national attention for his rescue but also for his unfiltered response to reporters when talking about breaking down his next door neighbor's door to rescue Gina DeJesus, Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Berry's daughter from the house where they had been imprisoned by Castro. Ramsey's accounts during television interviews of the day he rescued the women were remixed and posted on YouTube.
"What you saw on TV doesn't even begin to tell the story," Ramsey said.
"Bro, I knew something was wrong when a little pretty white girl ran into a black man's arms," he told a reporter shortly after the rescue.
Randy Nyerges, who has co-written a book with former Cleveland Browns defensive back Hanford Dixon and served as a U.S. Senate speechwriter, will co-author the book with Ramsey.
"Charles says outrageous things, but what a story he has," Nyerges said. "America doesn't know yet how truly brilliant this guy is."
Ramsey and Nyerges have been collaborating on the book since the beginning of December. The memoir is slated to be published in spring 2014, the same time a memoir by Knight is scheduled to be released. Berry and DeJesus are also set to collaborate on a book due out in 2015.
Castro was sentenced Aug. 1 to life plus 1,000 years. He hanged himself inside his cell on Sept. 3.
