‘Jeopardy!’ Champ Amy Schneider Will Release Her New Book This October

Former "Jeopardy!" champion Amy Schneider finally gave fans a release date for her long-awaited book!

The 2022 Tournament of Champions winner became a household name for her 40-game win streak from November 2021 to January 2022. She still holds the show’s second-longest win streak, behind only Ken Jennings, who won 74 games in a row back in 2004.

After her time on the show was up, Amy signed with the talent agency CAA and announced plans to write a book. Late last week, she took to social media to announce not only the name of her new book but the release date as well!

On March 31, the former software engineer took to Twitter to announce that her new book, titled "In The Form Of A Question" would be released this October.

Although plenty of fans have asked if the book will be released as an audiobook read by Amy herself, she has shared no details about that possibility at this time. She has also not answered questions about whether signed copies of the book will become available at a later date!

Regardless, plenty of fans are excited to read Amy’s first book, which is being published by Simon & Schuster. According to their website, the full title of the book is “In The Form of A Question: The Joys and Rewards of A Curious Life.” The book will be sold on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other retailers. It will also be available to purchase as an e-book.

The website says that there is also an option to purchase an “unabridged audio download” but Amy has not confirmed that she is narrating her own story. According to the synopsis of the book:

“In eighth grade, Amy was voted ‘Most likely to appear on Jeopardy!’ by her classmates. Decades later, this trailblazer finally got her chance. Not only did she walk away with $1.3 million while captivating the world with her impressive forty-game winning streak, but she made history and won an even greater prize—the joy of being herself on national television and blazing a trail for openly queer and transgender people around the world. Now, she shares her singular journey that led to becoming an unlikely icon and hero to millions. Her super power: Boundless curiosity and fearless questioning.”

The book is said to explore “innumerable” topics that Amy has been interested in throughout her life, including not only books and music but Tarot and astrology as well.

The book will also dive into Amy’s fascination with popular culture and computers and take a candid look at her sex and relationships. All of these different topics are said to “share the same purpose: to illustrate, and celebrate, the results of a lifetime spent asking, why?”

The book is listed as 288 pages long and is currently scheduled for release on Tuesday, October 3, 2023.

It is only fitting that Amy Schneider chose to announce the release of her new book on Transgender Day of Visibility, as she is the first openly transgender champion to qualify for any Tournament of Champions and has been an inspiration and an advocate for transgender youth everywhere.

On March 31, 2022, Amy actually was invited to the White House to denounce “hateful” anti-transgender legislation. She used her newfound fame to speak out against bills that would affect transgender people, especially those that are underage.

“They’re really scary and some of them in particular that are denying medical services to trans youth, those are, those are life-saving medical treatments,” Schneider told reporters at the time. “These bills will cause the deaths of children and that’s really sad to me and it’s really frightening.”

She has also been an outspoken advocate for trans rights in her home state of Ohio. On February 23, she called out a handful of Ohio House Representatives that were trying to ban affirming care for transgender youth yet again.

"This isn’t a surprise, sadly. But that said, there’s still plenty of time to stop it. If you live in Ohio, please, call your representatives," she tweeted. "Let them know that they did the right thing in November, and ask that they do it again. Kids’ lives are still at stake."