FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2014, file photo, William McRaven addresses the Texas Board of Regents in Austin, Texas. McRaven, the retired U.S. Navy admiral who directed the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, is continuing his career as an author. McRaven is adapting his best-selling Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life ... And Maybe the World for younger audiences. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers announced Monday that McRaven's Make Your Bed With Skipper the Seal will come out Oct. 12. William McRaven is adapting his best-selling “Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life ... And Maybe the World” for younger audiences.

This combination photo shows "The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived" by retired Admiral William H. McRaven, left, and McRaven on Capitol Hill in Washington for a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on March 5, 2013. The retired U.S. Navy admiral who directed the raid that killed Osama bin Laden has a new book coming out in April. (Grand Central Publishing via AP, left, and AP Photo)NEW YORK – The retired U.S. Navy admiral who directed the raid that killed Osama bin Laden has a new book coming out. William McRaven's “The Hero Code: Lessons Learned from Lives Well Lived" is scheduled for April. Grand Central Publishing is calling the book “a ringing tribute” to “everyday heroes” McRaven has met everywhere from battlefields to college campuses.