Tina Fey signs book deal said worth millions
October 7th, 2008 | by admin |NEW YORK, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Comedian, Emmy-winning TV starand Sarah Palin-lookalike Tina Fey has signed a book deal withLittle, Brown Book Group, the company said on Monday,confirming a deal media reports said was worth millions.
The New York Post has reported that the deal was worth morethan $5 million and that “her book is not being pitched as amemoir, but instead as nonfiction humor, more in the style ofauthor, screenwriter and film director Nora Ephron.”
The publisher did not confirm the advance paid nor give anyfurther details of the book by Fey, the “Saturday Night Live”veteran who stars as a harried head writer of a TV variety showin NBC network television spoof “30 Rock.” The show picked upfour Emmys last month.
Fey has recently attracted attention for impersonatingRepublican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palinin parodies on “Saturday Night Live.”
Little, Brown is part of France’s Hachette, which is ownedby conglomerate Lagardere (LAGA.PA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz). (Reporting by Michelle Nichols)
