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Author and reality television star Bristol Palin will have her own show on the Bio Channel this fall–documenting her “move from Alaska to Los Angeles with her son, Tripp, to work at a small charity in need.”

Bristol (pictured, via), the daughter of political celebrity Sarah Palin, recently landed a book deal with HarperCollins imprint William Morrow for her memoir, Not Afraid of Life.  Bristol’s old boyfriend, Levi Johnston, has his own book scheduled for the fall.

Here’s more from the release: ” While on [Dancing with the Stars] Bristol became extremely close with fellow contestant, actor Kyle Massey. Since the show, Bristol, Kyle, and Kyle’s brother, actor Christopher Massey, have become best friends; so much so, that since Bristol and Tripp have to move to Los Angeles for her new job, she decides to move in with the Massey brothers who are also about to realize how much their lives are about to change.” (Via The Huffington Post)

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Levi Johnston, the man catapulted into the public spotlight after he fathered a child with Bristol Palin, has inked a book deal with Simon & Schuster’s Touchstone imprint. Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin’s Crosshairs will be published this fall.

Sterling Lord Literistic agent Robert Guinsler negotiated the deal with senior editor Matthew Benjamin. Touchstone publisher Stacy Creamer called it “a sweet and funny book with a touch of irony.”

Johnston had this statement in the release: “I want to tell the truth about my close relationship with the Palins… my sense of Sarah, and my perplexing fall from grace–how I feel and what I’ve learned. I’m doing this for me, for my boy Tripp and for the country.”

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