Geri Halliwell Leaves Music to be a Children's Author
May 5, 2008
Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell is leaving
the music world to concentrate on writing children's books.
The first of six books, all centred around a small, vivacious, ginger-haired girl called Ugenia Lavender, is published today by Macmillan.
Halliwell is full of ambitions for her young doppelganger, who she describes as summing up "what being young is all about".
"She's streetwise, sassy, has a sense of humour but most importantly has a sense of right and wrong," she said. "I believe Ugenia can conquer the world, and I really hope people will love her as much as I do."
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The first of six books, all centred around a small, vivacious, ginger-haired girl called Ugenia Lavender, is published today by Macmillan.
Halliwell is full of ambitions for her young doppelganger, who she describes as summing up "what being young is all about".
"She's streetwise, sassy, has a sense of humour but most importantly has a sense of right and wrong," she said. "I believe Ugenia can conquer the world, and I really hope people will love her as much as I do."
In a dig at fellow celebrity-turned-author Katie "Jordan" Price, whose My Perfect Ponies was recently nominated for a Nibby award, Halliwell has been keen to emphasise that the writing of the books was all her own work.
"I know there is a prejudice against celebrity authors, but if you read my stories you'll know they're not ghostwritten - only that I could be bonkers," she confessed to the Hello! Magazine website.
So Geri doesn't use a ghostwriter? Good for her. But we still think too many celebrity "authors" are ruining the children's book business.
