One of the sexiest women to ever grace the screen is about to tell all.Well, that's the plan.
BlackVoices.com has learned that Pam Grier has inked a deal with Grand Central Publishing to release an as-yet-untitled tell-all memoir.
Currently scheduled for a spring 2010 release, the book will be released via the company's Springboard Press imprint.
"Pam Grier is a living legend," Grand Central Publishing's executive editor Karen Thomas raved to BlackVoices.com today. "I am so excited that she has finally decided to tell her story."
Thomas, who worked closely with former video vixen Karrine Steffans on her last best-selling tome ('The Vixen Diaries'), acquired worldwide rights for the book after a heated auction with other publishing houses. The deal was brokered by agent Scott Miller of Trident Media.
With a career that spans almost 50 films and various TV programs, Grier is a Blaxploitation icon, who immortalized the character 'Foxy Brown' during the 1970s. The Winston-Salem, North Carolina native currently stars in the hit Showtime Network series 'The L Word,' and at 59, she is still considered one of the sexiest woman in the world.
In her memoir, Grier will reflect on the battles and the triumphs of her life and career, including the men she's dated (Richard Pryor, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Freddie Prinze to name a few), her co-stars (Robert DeNiro, Samuel L. Jackson and the late Tamara Dobson), and singing back-up for Bobby Womack and Sly and the Family Stone. She'll also recount inside stories about her films as well as the persecution she experienced as an African-American woman trying to make it in Hollywood.
"Pam Grier has lived an amazing life," Thomas continued. "There are so few working actresses with careers as expansive and illustrious as [hers], so we're honored that she will share her experiences and has chosen Grand Central Publishing as her publisher."
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By: Brittany on 7/23/2008 9:38AM
Thank you for doing this story! I was fortunate enough to hear Pam speak live in Winston Salem back in April, and she was talking then about a book she was planning to write. I was hoping it was not just an idea she was toying around with, so I'm glad to hear it's really going to happen. Can't wait to read it!
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By: MrMellow on 7/23/2008 9:02AM
I didn't know that Pam Grier sang backup for Bobby Womack and Sly and The Family Stone. With all that she has experienced in film, the entertainment industry and life, this should be a very informative memoir. Plus, she still looks amazing! I hope the book also has pictures representing each era of her career.
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By: Sherette on 7/23/2008 9:34AM
I am very happy that she has finally decided to write her biography! I would be one of the first to purchase it. She is an icon and I would love to know about all that she has survived and conquered throughout her lifetime. I would also love to play her in a movie one day! Had to put that in the universe just in case God wasn't aware.....lol I know he is though. Looking forward tothat exceptional read asap!
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By: Renau on 7/25/2008 11:08AM
This is a very good thing. Pam should have alot to share with people, while we benefit from her advice and insights. I hope she shares with us memories of her friendship with Minnie Riperton(that would be a
real treat). I wonder does she still has that red dress Minnie gave her?
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By: BDavis on 7/23/2008 6:46PM
I look forward to the book!
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By: Tamla on 7/23/2008 9:34PM
I look forward to reading her book. Her life story has to be interesting. Every now and then, TV One shows her old movies and my children will tell "me" when her movies are playing.
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By: Maurice Nelson on 7/23/2008 10:24PM
I went to school with her and her brother Rodney in Denver and they were both always a class act. I look forward to the book.
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By: BENZLUVA on 7/24/2008 1:04PM
This will be very good reading.Looking foward to the release of the book.Pam has always been one of my favorite actresses.She has the class, style and substance that would put many people to shame.
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By: Lee on 7/24/2008 2:08PM
I have no idea who this person is.??????
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By: Marcy on 7/24/2008 2:30PM
I love Pam Grier, she is bad ass!!!! I really dig her movies from the 70's. She's a real class act.
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