Ian Thorpe will release his autobiography on Oct 31.

Titled This is Me, the autobiography, written in conjunction with author Robert Wainwright and to be released through publisher Simon & Schuster, will tell readers a lot of things unknown about his life in and out of the pool.

Thorpe refused to reveal any of the details during the interview because of a contract to keep the content secret.

"I am under contract so I have to be careful what I say," he said. "I have been writing this over the past eight months. It's because I have turned 30 that I decided I may as well write something."

(China Daily 10/24/2012 page22)