Coming soon: Simon Cowell's biography

A biography of former American Idol judge Simon Cowell is coming soon. Ballantine Books announced Thursday that it will publish Tom Bower’s Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell in the spring.

A biography of former American Idol judge Simon Cowell is coming soon.

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Ballantine Books announced Thursday that it will publish Tom Bower’s Sweet Revenge: The Intimate Life of Simon Cowell in the spring.

According to Ballantine, an imprint of Random House Inc., Bower has had "hundreds of hours" of access to Cowell. The book will also include "direct contributions" from Cowell’s friends and foes.

The acerbic Brit was a judge on Fox’s American Idol for nine seasons. He left Idol to launch his British-born hit series The X Factor in the U.S. It debuted on Fox this fall.