Lauren Conrad Inks a Three-Book Deal *Update* 1st Book to be turned into a movie

[CollegeFashion]

Book deals are the new clothing lines - everyone seems to have one!

I'm not a huge Lauren fan, but I'm sure the book will sell - she has a huge fan base, how could it not? Will it be critically acclaimed and groundbreaking? Not a chance.

[stateofbliss]

hahaha ya I don't think she's aiming for a Pulitzer.

MTV News caught up with Conrad to find out if she's feeling the pressure of her new literary career. "I think because I have a reality show, they have low expectations," she said. "These aren't meant to be very serious books. They're very fun. They're a light read. So hopefully people will just enjoy them."

Conrad, who had always dreamed of writing a book of some sort, elaborated a little about the plot for the "L.A. Candy" book series. "We threw around a few ideas, possibly on dating or fashion," she said. "But I love writing stories, so we came up with this idea about loosely basing it on my story with completely different people, just kind of the same situation.

"We can have fun with it, 'cause we spent five years on camera, but there was a completely different story off camera being told," she added. "It'll focus on that side of it."

The first book in the three-book series is expected to hit stores next summer, and Conrad has already completed the outline and will now write the novel. "I'm having a lot of fun with it," she said. "It's definitely a little bit more edgy. Just very real."

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/159...16/story.jhtml

[collaboration]

whaaaaa she writes?

[Navygreen]

Originally Posted by collaboration

whaaaaa she writes?

Of course not.

[XavierRaphael]

Soon she'll be getting a record deal.

[inhirnamy137]

(people.com)

Call it a case of art imitating life imitating art imitating life, ad infinitum.

That's right: Lauren Conrad's novel about a regular gal whose life changes when she stars on a reality show is going to be made into a movie.

The producers of the megahit movie series Twilight, Temple Hill Entertainment, have acquired the rights to turn L.A. Candy into a motion picture, Variety reports.

The novel, which came out in June, is about a 19-year-old girl who moves to Hollywood and ends up as the lead in a reality series. In other words, it's basically inspired by the real-life adventures of Conrad, who began starring in Laguna Beach around the age of 19, then got her own show two years later. The Hills, of course, is a reality show about a group of attractive Los Angeles young adults who go about their lives as if they're living a soap opera.

In July, a source close to Conrad, now 23, told PEOPLE that she was fielding offers to produce a film from her bestselling book (the first in a three-book deal with HarperCollins) but that she didn't want to act in it.

No word yet whether the presumed L.A. Candy sequel will follow the travails of a former reality-show starlet who writes a novel that gets turned into a movie.

[couturecouture]

That's really awesome for her! She has really branded herself well!

[LUXXX]

If she got a good filmmaker who really wanted to spin her novel into something darker it could be good. Sadly, I think this will be some vanilla adaptation. Showing the seedier side of reality television would be interesting...