Elex book might be cooked

OLIVIA Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza’s muchhyped book about the 2020 election is on ice, Page Six has learned.

We’re told that New York magazine’s Nuzzi has suffered “a significant setback in many areas” of her life due to a major family matter that arose early this year, which included “delaying the timeline” of the book.

Meanwhile, we’re told there are other obstacles for the lovebirds-turned-co-authors to contend with.

Publishing insiders say that Nuzzi and Politico’s Lizza have struggled to come up with the kind of scoops or access that make political blockbusters jump off the shelves — especially with the public appetite for Washington drama on the wane.

We’re told that while the pair are plenty well-sourced on the Trump side of the saga, senior figures on the Biden team “don’t trust” Nuzzi in particular, and the couple have struggled to tease out prime information because of it.

While, for example, Edward-Isaac Dovere’s similar project, “Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaigns to Defeat Trump” (which hit stores in May) featured an Oval Office interview with President Biden, we’re told Nuzzi and Lizza never really stood a chance of getting that kind of sit-down because of their reputation in the West Wing.

Meanwhile, smash hits such as Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury” created a feeding frenzy for political books but interest has tailed off since the Trump circus left town.

When we asked Avid Reader Press, a Simon & Schuster imprint that is handling the book, about the status of the work, it somewhat cryptically said, “Avid Reader Press is pleased to have a book under contract with Olivia Nuzzi and Ryan Lizza.” But when we asked if they’re still working on the 2020 book or if they’re working on a different book, the spokesperson wouldn’t be drawn.