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Jenna Bush Hager<\/a> is celebrating a new career milestone outside of Today<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cThis week, I am publishing my first book through Thousand Voices: Conform<\/em> by Ariel Sullivan!\u201d Bush Hager wrote in a Monday, October 13, Substack<\/a> post. \u201cAs a little girl who kept a flashlight in the drawer by my bedside just to stay up reading, this is a dream realized. I know that for Ariel (who publishes her debut novel TOMORROW 10\/14!!!), who worked tirelessly\u2014writing in carpool lines and coffee shops until close, who was rejected by agents over and over again\u2014this is a dream beyond her wildest dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n Describing the book, Bush Hager continued, \u201cWhat\u2019s ironic is this book is partly about dreaming. Emeline, the protagonist, dreams about life in the clouds. She envisions a different life\u2014surrounded by fine dresses and balls, a life void of gray and filled with COLOR! Then, as the novel continues, she dreams of a new world entirely\u2014one we currently take for granted\u2014filled with books and music and art, and most of all, love.\u201d<\/p>\n Bush Hager went on to recall pursuing her own dream of teaching elementary schoolers in Washington, D.C. \u201cIt was long hours, only to dream of my students at night. It was cleaning and organizing and lesson planning. It was staying late for Ms. Jenna\u2019s book club (yes! I had one way back in the day!) so my kids could finish third grade on reading level,\u201d she shared. \u201cIt was frozen pizzas and dressing up as the Cat in the Hat for Read Across America Day. It was comforting a student who witnessed violence on the way to school. It was the most dynamic magic\u2014no day the same. And it was brutally difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n Bush Hager attributes her role on Today<\/em> to her experience as a teacher, which she described as \u201ca dream I never even thought to have.\u201d<\/p>\n Bush Hager concluded her post by stating that \u201cdreaming is not linear,\u201d adding, \u201cIt has been about fifteen years since I left the classroom, and still, at night, when I close my eyes, I dream about a full classroom\u2014my kids behind their desks, books in hand. I dream of recess on the roof of my small school, the sounds of their laughter. And when I wake, I still think of my students almost daily and pray their dreams are big and beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier this year, Bush Hager expanded her production company, Thousand Voices, by launching her own book imprint with Random House Publishing Group, titled Thousand Voices Books. \u201cI do feel like literature and reading \u2014 and I\u2019ve always felt this way \u2014 can bring you into different worlds, can show you different perspectives,\u201d she announced on a January episode<\/a> of Today With Hoda & Jenna<\/em> (now Today With Jenna & Friends<\/em>).<\/p>\n \u201cBut what I\u2019m really excited about is that we\u2019re working with emerging authors,\u201d Bush Hager added. \u201cWe\u2019re working with debut writers, one of whom is in her 20s, one of whom is 61 years old and just published a book. So, we have six books that we are publishing over the next year.\u201d<\/p>\n Announcing Conform<\/em> as the imprint\u2019s first release, Bush Hager said she \u201cfinished it at 5:30 in the morning on a treadmill, so you know that\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n