( Mashable ) -- It 's official : the first official biography of Steve Jobs will be making its debut sometime in early 2012 . The book , `` iSteve : The Book of Jobs , '' is being penned by Walter Isaacson , famed biographer and the former CEO of CNN and managing editor of Time . While very little is known about the contents of the book , Isaacson did manage to obtain unprecedented access to Apple , Steve Jobs and even Jobs ' family . Simon & Schuster will publish and distribute the book . Mashable : Steve Jobs action figure looks amazingly real . This will be Isaacson 's fourth biography , following `` Kissinger : A Biography , '' `` Benjamin Franklin : An American Life , '' `` Einstein : His Life and Universe . '' `` This is the perfect match of subject and author , and it is certain to be a landmark book about one of the world 's greatest innovators . Just as he did with Einstein and Benjamin Franklin , Walter Isaacson is telling a unique story of revolutionary genius , '' Simon & Schuster Publisher Jonathan Karp said in a statement . Mashable : Apple vs Adobe : Steve Jobs responds . Apple 's CEO is famously secretive about his personal life . Some of the details of his past have been unraveled in unauthorized biographies such as `` iCon : Steve Jobs '' and `` The Second Coming of Steve Jobs , '' but none of them paint a complete picture . Isaacson 's book should hopefully provide some concrete answers to unresolved questions about Jobs 's life , along with some new insights into how Jobs runs the world 's most valuable technology company . © 2011 MASHABLE.com . All rights reserved .
`` Kissinger : A Biography The Book of Jobs , '' is being penned by Isaacson . Walter Isaacson is a famed biographer and the former CEO of Apple . CNN 's CEO is famously secretive about his personal life .