The celebrity memoir might be in trouble, but good writing is here to stay, and this is a celebration of that.

It is a satire of the genre of celebrity memoirs.

"He's combined the celebrity memoir and excessive confessionals that our society seems to be obsessed with."

Is it curtains for the celebrity memoir?

He wrote a number of celebrity memoirs and was considered a pioneer of the "as told to" form of biography.

As publishing these days seems to be all about product (eg celebrity memoirs and coffee table books) this is probably a good thing for literature.

But Samson is dismissive of those who suggest that celebrity memoirs are books for people who don't read.

She thought of writing a how-to book on celebrity memoirs and calling it "Money Dearest."

For "Perfect Pitch" is not a celebrity memoir or a clear tracking of a well-planned musical career.

"The nature of celebrity memoirs has changed," said Samson.