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Tori Spelling, Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno: What Can Celebrity Children's Books Tell Us About Their Authors?

First Posted: 09/30/10 09:17 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:50 PM ET

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Knowing so much about the personal lives of Spelling and other star authors, it's hard not to read their whimsical tales as either autobiography, subconscious revelation, or wish fulfillment. We read between the sing-song lines of Spelling's book and ten others.

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Knowing so much about the personal lives of Spelling and other star authors, it's hard not to read their whimsical tales as either autobiography, subconscious revelation, or wish fulfillment. We read ...
Knowing so much about the personal lives of Spelling and other star authors, it's hard not to read their whimsical tales as either autobiography, subconscious revelation, or wish fulfillment. We read ...
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Bruce Forbes
Marx was right.
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05:14 PM on 09/30/2010
"What can celebrity children's books tell us about the authors?"
That they are famous and can get published on that fact alone. They are the Bristol Palin of the publishing world.
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