Holly Willoughby pens children's book

Holly Willoughby is set to show off another one of her talents by becoming a children's author.

The This Morning co-host said at an event organised by Marie Claire magazine that she had begun work on her first book L'Etoile, School for Stars, with her sister.

The book, which is due out in the summer, will focus on twins Molly and Maria Fitzfoster, who want to become famous.

"My sister and I have only just started working on the book and it has been a brilliant experience," Holly revealed. "My sister is older than me and she's brilliant at writing stories."

I’ve always been her first port of call to test out the stories so since being young girls we’ve talked about how one day it would be wonderful to have our own book," she added. "We spoke about it and came up with the ideas. It has been really enjoyable.

“She has a four-month-old baby so for her it was her first job since giving birth. It was nice to do this with her as we could both do it together.”

Holly - who has two children of her own, three-year-old Harry and one-year-old Belle - is due to return to screens soon in the second series of The Voice, while t here is also speculation that she may return to co-host Dancing On Ice if the series returns in 2014.

If Holly's books prove successful, she could follow in the footsteps of fellow TV personality David Walliams, who has become a best-selling children's author in recent years.

The funnyman's fifth book Ratburger went straight to number one in the children's bestseller list, while another of his novels, Mr Stink, was made into a TV film shown over Christmas.

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