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Who’s Really Writing Celebrity Novels?
The writers and agents working behind the scenes tell us how it actually works.
This includes Kylie and Kendall Jenner, who wrote the 2014 YA novel Rebels: City of Indra; Carrie Fisher, author of the deeply autobiographical Postcards From the Edge; and Tyra Banks, whose 569-page Modelland is about a girl named Tookie De La Crème. There was a segment of the general population who reacted to this book in a very negative way, but people within the industry understood that it was a huge success and that I should feel proud of the work. These projects make me feel disheartened and, I’ll be honest, maybe a little bitter that it’s such an evil, by-the-numbers business that is really, really not about the literary merit.
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