Disgraced author Jonah Lehrer has deal for new book, about love

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Jonah Lehrer, the bestselling author who has acknowledged using fake quotes and had two books pulled, has reached agreement on a new book.

Simon & Schuster announced Thursday that it will publish a book by Lehrer with the working title “The Book of Love.” No publication date has been set.

Lehrer had written three previous books for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. But one of them, “Imagine,” was withdrawn last year after he acknowledged inventing and distorting Bob Dylan quotes. Houghton then announced it would no longer sell “How We Decide,” citing “significant” problems.

Lehrer, who also resigned from The New Yorker last year, had been a popular writer and speaker specializing in the interplay between science and the arts. Simon & Schuster publisher Jonathan Karp praised him Thursday as “unusually talented.”