Pres Obama's Brother Gets Book Deal

President Obama isn't the only author in the family. His sister is writing a book, now his brother is as well..

His half-brother, George, has just inked a deal to write a memoir, says executive vice president of Simon & Schuster, David Rosenthal.

“Even had George Obama not been our President's half brother, his story is moving and inspirational," Rosenthal said. "It is an object lesson in survival, selflessness and courage."

Tentatively titled “Homeland,” George Obama’s book is scheduled to be published in January 2010, and will be written with self-described “author, war reporter, adventurer” Damien Lewis, author of Apache Dawn, Cobra Gold, Operation Certain Death, Bloody Heroes, Slave and Desert Claw.

The AP says the book will describe George Obama's “fall into crime and poverty as a teenager and his eventual embrace of community organizing.”

The last time we heard about George was just after Inauguration Day when he was arrested in Kenya for possession of marijuana and resisting arrest.

Kenyan Police Chief Joshua Omokulongolo said that George had one joint on him. "He is not a drug peddler," Omokulongolo said. "But it's illegal, it's a banned substance." Charges were ultimately dropped.