▲The mother-daughter duo wrote this book about a young girl from Mississippi who earns a scholarship to a performing arts school. It was later turned into a TV movie.

▲Madonna's children's book series explores a close friendship among four young girls, simultaneously imparting knowledge about inclusivity along the way.

▲In this fictional young adult novel, Jane Roberts and her friend Scarlett are living in LA as interns and are approached by a TV executive to star in their own reality series. Sounds vaguely familiar...

▲The Jenner sisters worked on a dystopian young adult novel that tells the story of Lex and Livia, two young girls living in a restrictive society in the future. Their sequel, 'Time of the Twins,' came out in 2016.

▲In her debut novel, Richie wrote from her experience and told the story of Chloe Parker, the adopted daughter of a famous rock star and A-list circle socialite, who struggles with growing up in the spotlight.

▲Franco's collection of short stories was actually turned into a movie of the same name, starring himself and Emma Roberts. He also wrote 'Actors Anonymous,' a darker look into Hollywood, and a poetry collection, 'Directing Herbert White: Poems.'

▲The famous model and fashion icon gave people an inside look into the competitive industry in her 1994 novel 'Swan.'

▲In this young adult novel, Banks tells the story of an aspiring model who was accepted to a prestigious and challenging boarding school called Modelland.

▲Graham's funny and sweet novel about a girl who tries to make it on Broadway, reflecting Graham's own early beginnings as a young actress, actually became a New York Times bestseller!

▲The legendary basketball player collaborated with Anna Waterhouse to put his own spin on the famous Sherlock Holmes character in this nod to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

▲Instead of spiraling into drugs and profane behavior, this former Disney star decided to write not one but three novels in the 'Elixir' series, which follows photojournalist Clea as she encounters the supernatural.

▲After five years on the Disney Channel, the young star published a novel that follows the journey of Autumn Falls as she discovers her wishes come true when she writes them in a diary bestowed upon her by her dead father. It was followed up by two sequel novels!

▲The legendary comedian has four major fiction titles to his name: 'An Object of Beauty,' 'The Pleasure Of My Company,' 'Shopgirl,' and 'Late For School.' His first novella, 'Shopgirl,' was adapted into a movie in 2005, starring himself, Claire Danes, and Jason Schwartzman.

▲As a former famous child actor, Culkin developed a unique self-aware, self-deprecating humor best displayed in this mashup of comics, poetry, journal entries, and quizzes, which weave together the "fictional" story of a former child star who struggles with a dysfunctional family and a complex coming-of-age experience.

▲Some say life imitates art, but the Kardashian sisters tried to make their art imitate their lives. Their co-authored novel follows the story of three sisters—Kamille, Kassidy, and Kyle—as they navigate their newly-acquired star status.

▲The singer has dabbled extensively in autobiographical musings, but 'A Tale Out of Luck' takes a fictional turn to follow a Texas Ranger and his murder investigation in a small Texas farm town called Luck.

▲After working on a reality show about finding love for almost 16 years, 'The Bachelorette' host used his knowledge to write his debut novel 'The Perfect Letter.'

▲At the very start of her acting career, a young Fisher briefly established herself in the young adult fiction scene with two romance novels, 'Bewitched' and 'Seduced By Fame.' She took a hiatus from authorship for 20 years, until releasing the first installment of her children's book series 'Marge In Charge' in 2016.

▲In 1997, the actor published a novel chronicling the life of an up-and-coming actor who becomes entangled in a love affair. He went on to write a couple more books, including 'Ash Wednesday' and 'Rules For A Knight.'

▲The man known for his creepy and quirky films also brought his unique style to his 1997 collection of strange fictional tales called 'The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories.'

▲The 'X-Files' actor wrote a fictional animal welfare novel about a cow who finds out about industrial meat farming and is forced to rethink the world and to escape to a better, safer place.

▲The English singer-songwriter wrote a 128-page novella about a 1970's relay team in Boston that accidentally kills a demon and must deal with the consequent curse.

▲'The Death of Bunny Munro' follows a middle-aged lothario whose womanizing and alcohol abuse comes to a head after his wife's death. This is actually the second of the Australian singer's novels, the first being published in 1989.

▲Well-known and loved for his work both writing and acting on 'The Office,' Novak also published a collection of 64 short stories, each hilarious and poignant in their own way.

▲The world-renowned actor published a collection of 17 short stories, bringing life to a multitude of characters, worlds, and emotions with a distinct Tom Hanks flare.

▲The 'House' actor appears to have a penchant for the crime genre, best demonstrated in his spoof-style story about an ex-soldier who gets involved in a conspiracy surrounding the world of spies, CIA agents, and terrorists.

▲The actor's debut short story collection garnered a lot of praise as an intelligent mix of sharp satire and surprising sweetness.

▲This experimental prose poetry collection, written in the '60s, uses a stream of consciousness style that put Dylan's name in the ranks of Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, and Allen Ginsberg.

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The actor/screenwriter/director is also well-known for his short-story fiction, frequently published in The New Yorker and published in 'Without Feathers,' 'Side Effects,' 'Getting Even,' and 'Mere Anarchy.'

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In 2022, Dolly Parton teamed up with prolific best-selling writer James Patterson for their a new mystery thriller, 'Run, Rose, Run'. The novel tells the tale of Rose, a young country singer/songwriter from Nashville who realizes that fame and fortune can be as heartbreaking as the secret she's carrying.

If the main character sounds a little familiar, Parton has teased that it is slightly autobiographical and it takes a cautionary look into "the dark side" of the music industry.

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This semi-autobiographical novel revolves around an actress who tries to put her life together after a drug overdose. The book was later adapted by Fisher into a film of the same name.

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Celebrities are sometimes reduced to their appearances, categorized as individuals who take on lines and lyrics that other people have written for them. But don't be fooled, there are tons of celebrities who have tried their hand at writing—and not just penning the age-old, scandalous, spill-all memoir either.

Check out this gallery to and be surprised by the stars who have crafted a genuine work of fiction.