Committed to keeping you in the know, here are a few more celebrity books:

• Lauren Conrad of the "OC" apparently can spell and is not only writing a book, but is being compared to Joseph Conrad. Short of having the same last name, I'm sure the latter Conrad's writing is a bit deeper than the former Conrad's "L.A. Candy".



• Gloria Vanderbilt, matronly fashion tycoon and mother of Cooper Anderson, is writing an erotic book -- ewww. Enough said.



• Elizabeth Berkley of "Head of the Class" and "Showgirl" fame is writing a teen advice book. Dear Teens, my advice is to marry a rich guy. I managed to bag Ralph Lauren's nephew. Aim high!
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• Carrie Prejean, the former Miss California USA and nay gay sayer will be coming out with a book this November called "Still Standing". Prejean will apparently give her side of the story regarding the pageant, being fired and her answer to the gay marriage questions. I'm pretty sure the New York Post summed it up just fine, no need to write a whole book; but then again she probably needed something to do between religious self-floggings.
• Terry Brody, a Queens fire fighter, wrote a bodice ripper called "Rescuing Madison" -- it's about a fireman who saves a pop star. It may not be Nobel material, but when one of New York's finest (and he is fine) writes chick-lit, you gotta give him some props.


• Lady Gaga appeared out of nowhere. On stage she is dressed like vintage Elton John sans pants and dons frocks from the Jane Jetson collection off stage. The name is annoying and her music not much better, 23-year-old, NYU drop-out, Lady Gaga is shopping a book. Lady Like is an ambitious full-color tome, making the rounds in a very depressed publishing market. According to a recent Crain's, article, the book proposal states [the book] "will combine images with lyrics, diary entries, interviews, inspirations and quotes from Gaga's "heroes". A 23-year-old-college-drop-out... yup, she just oozes inspiration.


• Kendra Wilkinson, a former third of Hefner's menage-a-toi Girls Next Door, is publishing her memoir. The 24-year-old, recently married with a bun in the oven, will talk about her childhood and "rise to fame". Here's another memoir from someone barely out of diapers. Not to mention she's not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. I caught an episode of GND and Kendra was trying to figure out how to put her shoes on after donning a skin-tight dress for Hef's birthday. It was incredibly painful to watch. I can only imagine how difficult it was to edit a manuscript written in blue crayon and covered in grape juice stains.


• Jason Moore, former manager to Paris Hilton is shopping a tell-all book. Apparently he claims he saved his client from disgrace by "manipulating the media and Paris herself"; that without him, she would have faded away into oblivion. Jesus Jason, where have you been? We saw the sex tape, witnessed the prison release, not to mention numerous instances of public drunkeness. Apparently you weren't such a master manipulator. One of Mr. Moore's scathing inside scoops is revealing that Paris spent hours in front of the mirror practicing her poses for the paparazzi... shocking!