Britney Spears to write a novel? Really, y’all?

Britney Spears is in talks to write a novel. Really? Really.

That’s according to the Hollywood Reporter, which writes, “That’s right, Britney Spears is close to signing a book deal ... with plans to write a novel.... The story would incorporate fictionalized versions of her own experiences.�

Spears would be following in the high-heeled footsteps of Lauren Conrad, whose novel “L.A. Candy� had commonalities with her own life. And of Bethenny Frankel, known for being on Bravo’s “Real Housewives of New York City� and founding the Skinny Girl line of drinks, whose novel “Skinnydipping� is about a woman entrepreneur who finds fame on a reality-television show. Conrad’s novel and Frankel’s novel were both bestsellers.

Not every celebrity’s novel-writing efforts have been as successful. Nicole Polizzi, a.k.a. Snooki from “Jersey Shore,� may have been in all the tabloids, but her novel, “A Shore Thing,� failed to find much of an audience.

Britney’s fame has been longer lasting than Snooki’s, of course, and her life — if she were to mine it for her fiction — is much more interesting. She was a child star, a sexy pop star, made a couple of bad marriages, became a public train wreck, and then got put back together again as a sexy pop star. Now she’s a judge on “The X Factor.�

At some level, Britney’s life is a case of truth being stranger than fiction. Why read a novel about a pop star having a public breakdown when we all saw the photos of Britney shaving her head? And her return to normalcy — isn’t that a near miraculous redemption?

There’s nothing (other than the current rumor) that says Britney would have to write a novel based on her own life. Perhaps she’s got a “Game of Thrones�-type saga up her stylish sleeve.

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