Shortly after leaving office, Carter signed with Houghton Mifflin for the writing of her autobiography. Carter's memoir, "First Lady from Plains", was released in 1984. Mark Updegrove wrote that her memoir, and that of her husband, "Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President", succeeded in "boosting the bank account and spirits of their authors." Carter's work of the autobiography was noted by her husband during a March 1981 interview, who said that she would be "starting on a book shortly" without disclosing what the contents were.