Mariah and J.Lo To Pen Books

Mariah CareyMariah Carey has announced plans to write a series of children's books.

Following in the footsteps of fellow diva Madonna, Mariah will publish a series of illustrated children's tales following the life a bi-racial orphan girl.

Entitled Automatic Priincess, the stories will be based upon her own experiences growing up as part of a mixed-race family, website digitalspy.co.uk reports.

Mariah said: "The way I do things, I need to be involved. I wouldn't just be like, 'Here's a concept, go run with it.'

"It's still something I really want to do, and I'm going to do, and I'm going to start getting that into production soon."

Jennifer LopezMeanwhile, pop and movie star J.Lo is also set to become a writer.

The 35-year-old beauty will pen a self-help book on how celebrities can deal with the US paparazzi.

She's well qualified for the task. J.Lo's long-running affair with Hollywood hunk Ben Affleck gained her worldwide attention.

She said: "Nobody likes to hear somebody in the public eye, who they feel makes a lot of money, complain. So we don't, but it is a very strange thing.

"Nobody writes books about how to deal with that, so I think I'll do that next."