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05
May 2006
Billie
Piper Signs
Autobiography
Contract
Doctor
Who star
Billie
Piper
has signed a six-figure
deal to write her
autobiography, it has
been
announced.
The
23-year-old will tell
all about her marriage
to Chris
Evans
and her journey from
teen pop singer to
award-winning actress.
The book will be
published this autumn by
Hodder &
Stoughton.
"It
may sound ridiculous
being just 23 but I've a
few good stories I'd
like to share. I'm
hoping the book will be
honest, funny,
insightful and, above
all, life-affirming,"
she said.
"This
is a chance for me to
talk openly about other
areas of my life. Things
that people won't know.
Things that I'm hoping
lots of people can
relate to and maybe even
be inspired
by."
The
book promises an
"astonishingly candid
insight" into Billie
Piper's life.
Hodder
editorial director Nick
Davies said: "Billie has
done more in her 23
years than most of us
will do in a lifetime
and she is ready to talk
about it with honesty
and humour. I have no
doubt that we have a
bestseller on our
hands."
Swindon-born
Billie Piper was
discovered in a Smash
Hits TV advert at the
age of 15 and signed up
by record bosses. Her
debut single Because We
Want To topped the chart
in 1998. She had three
number ones and seven
top five
singles.
In
2000 she appeared on
Chris Evans' show TFI
Friday and romance
blossomed despite the
16-year age gap. They
married in
Las
Vegas
in 2001 when Piper was
18 but split three years
later.
Piper
reinvented herself as an
actress and after an
acclaimed performance in
a BBC adaptation of The
Canterbury Tales she
landed the role of
Doctor Who's sidekick
Rose Tyler.
Last
year she was named most
popular actress at the
National Television
Awards. Later this month
she begins filming her
first lead role as
Victorian sleuth Sally
Lockhart in BBC drama
The Ruby in the
Smoke.
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