Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Christie Brinkley is writing a memoir, she announced on Tuesday.
The entrepreneur says she wrote the book to ‘inspire readers to create the life they want.’
HarperCollins announced the тιтle of the book is Uptown Girl and will be published by imprint Harper Influence this spring.
The 71-year-old cover girl has had quite the amazing career.
She started modeling as a teenager, landing her magazine covers, then morphed into a wellness and lifestyle guru. The looker was also in films like 1983’s National Lampoon’s Vacation with Chevy Chase.
The ʙικιɴι model is also known for romancing Billy Joel and John Mellencamp. And she has three children.
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Christie Brinkley is writing a tell-all book, she announced on Tuesday. Seen January 8
The 71-year-old cover girl has had quite the amazing career. She started modeling as a teenager, landing her magazine covers, then morphed into a wellness and lifestyle guru
Uptown Girl will be written in her own words.
The book will feature over 100 pH๏τographs and pieces of Brinkley’s own artwork.
‘I wrote Uptown Girl to inspire readers to create the life they want, which is what I’ve always tried to do, not through fortune or fame, but by saying yes to adventure and trying to find the magic in every moment, no matter how big or how small,’ the star said in a statement on Tuesday.
Uptown Girl will hit shelves on April 29, 2025 and is now available for preorder, wherever books are sold.
The memoir will also cover the ‘betrayal’ she felt from her biological father.
And she will touch on her marriage to singer Billy Joel who was in his 1983 music video Uptown Girl.
Brinkley also touched on self help with her ‘unwavering belief in the magic and mystery of life,’ and then there is the ‘resilience and self-discovery.’
The looker was also in films like 1983’s National Lampoon’s Vacation with Chevy Chase. The ʙικιɴι model is also known for romancing Billy Joel and John Mellencamp. And she has three children
The entrepreneur says she wrote the book, out this spring, to ‘inspire readers to create the life they want’
HarperCollins announced Uptown Girl, will be published by imprint Harper Influence this spring. Uptown Girl will be written in her own words
She has stayed in great shape into her 70s, left; seen in 1984, right
She has already written the 2015 book Timeless Beauty.
‘Uptown Girl is unlike any story you will read,’ says Harper Influence Senior Vice President and Publisher Lisa Sharkey in a statement.
‘At times tender, bubbling over with gobsmacking intimacy and illustrated with the author’s artwork, Brinkley’s unputdownable memoir will keep you enthralled and completely shocked until the very last page.’
