Today's New York Times profiles a young woman named Stephanie Klein, who chronicles her life in intimate and unsparing detail in a blog called Greek Tragedy. Those who keep tabs on such things say that Greek Tragedy is among the top 1% of blogs in readership.
Ms. Klein is recognized on the street and in restaurants and has become a celebrity among her readers, kind of like a real life Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City.
Ms. Klein's celebrity has lately outgrown the Web, leading to a book and television deal. Her memoir, "Straight Up and Dirty," is to be published by ReganBooks, Judith Regan's HarperCollins imprint, in April 2006, and NBC is developing the book into a half-hour comedy series produced by Ms. Regan. Ms. Klein is also working on a second book about her fat-camp experiences. (Her trademark candor did not extend to the exact advance for her books, but she allowed that Publishers Marketplace, an industry publication, had described it as a "major deal," meaning $501,000 or more.)
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