Madonna Goes Back to the Writer's Life

Posted on June 20, 2005

Madonna ended her contractual book committment with Lotsa de Casha, but she's decided to write a sequel to The English Roses instead. People magazine reports:

The English Roses, which first came out in September 2003 and spent 18 weeks on The New York Times' Bestsellers List, has sold more than 500,000 copies internationally. The story follows four 11-year-old friends who are all "a little bit jealous of another girl in the neighborhood."
Madonna, 46, is quoted on the contactmusic.com Web site as saying that she is returning to Roses at the suggestion of her 9-year-old daughter Lourdes, who loved the tale so much. (The young girl who is envied in the story is also said to be Lourdes.) Madonna reportedly turns over all profits from her books to the Spirituality for Kids Foundation, an educational arm of the Los Angeles Kabbalah Center.

Madonna has thrown herself enthusiastically into her new role as bestselling children's author. She does interviews, does public readings and generally seems to be enjoying the life of an author. No doubt her publisher is enjoying the robust sales figures.