From Bed-Stuy to Senegal to Cannes - Empire's Gabourey Sidibe Is Publishing a Memoir

Oscar-nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe is writing her first book due out in 2017  and I can't wait to read it. 

The "Empire" star has a compelling story to tell. According to MH Senior Executive Editor Deanne Urmy  "Moving from Bed-Stuy to Senegal to Cannes, as Gabby has done in a still-short lifetime, has helped produce a fierce, wise way of being in the world impossible not to admire. Funny' doesn't begin to capture just how irreverent and complex Gabby's stories are."

The 32-year-old Hollywood starlet wowed audiences in the critically acclaimed movie Precious. Since then she's appeared on The Big C and American Horror Story: Covenand currently stars as Becky on Fox's hit series Empire.

"I've been writing since I was a child and have always had so many stories to tell that are too long, shady, and impolite to share in interviews," Sidibe said in a statement. "It brings me much joy to add Published Writer to my resume of Actor and part-time Food Model."

Congrats Gabby!