Geri Halliwell turns children's author
She could have launched a perfume or designed a range for the High Street, but instead, Geri Halliwell has chosen to launch herself into a new career as a children's author.
The former Spice Girl, 34, says she began putting pen to paper when she became pregnant with her daughter Bluebell Madonna, now 11 months old.
Geri - who has published two autobiographies – was signed up by Macmillan Children's Books after calling the managing director of the publishing house out of the blue.
Her book's heroine is nine-year-old Ugenia Lavender.
'Writing for me feels like home. I've always written,' says Geri. 'At school I loved writing stories and creating mini-worlds where anything can happen.
'As a Spice Girl I wrote lyrics for many of our hits and have continued to do so in my solo career.
'Ugenia's friends and family are well-rounded misfits that we recognise in our everyday lives.'
The six books in the series, featuring illustrations by Rian Hughes, will be published in hardback, one a month, from May to October next year.
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