kathryn stockett, author of the help, the book about race in the jim crow south that has topped the best seller list since 2009 and led to the hit movie. former secretary of state condoleezza rises, whose memoir "no higher honor" tells of her days as george bush's secretary of state. michael lewis, author of boomerang the explosive best seller about wall street. and walter isaacson, the best selling author of the new biography of steve jobs. they're all ahead on face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs from washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. good morning again. well, we are all here and i'm going to start with kathryn stockett because, among those of us who write books from time to time, you are the hero. how long is that book... how long has that book been on the best seller list? >> i try not to keep track of numbers like that, but it seems like it's been a very long time. >> schieffer: back to 2009, right? >> it came out in february of '09. and somehow i am still on book tour. i need to write another one. >> schieffer: and it is still number one on the paperback lis

well, we are all here and i'm going to start with kathryn stockett because, among those of us who write books from time to time, you are the hero. how long is that book... how long has that book been on the best seller list? >> i try not to keep track of numbers like that, but it seems like it's been a very long time. >> schieffer: back to 2009, right? >> it came out in february of '09. and somehow i am still on book tour. i need to write another one. >> schieffer: and it is still number one on the paperback list, isn't it? >> yeah. i mean, it's hovering around there somewhere. but i know this is short lived. >> schieffer: it's not short lived so far. i'll tell you that for sure. it is a book that i must say, it is pitch perfect. i grew up in that era. i grew up in forth wrt. this is is the story about these black women who raised white babies across the south. it is simply a remarkable story. you've really caught it exactly right. why... how did you come upon or how did you get the idea of writing this book? >> living downtown in new york city and was, you know, trying to write a book.

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