Actress Amy Now Turns To Writing

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LOS ANGELES: Gorgeous actress Amy Huberman is focusing her talents on the written word after landing a top book deal.

The Clinic actress is riding on a high after scooping a publishing deal with Penguin Ireland.

Huberman, girlfriend of Irish rugby captain Brian O'Driscoll, has revealed she has been writing her book for the past year.

The novel, which should be on the shelves next year, is set in contemporary Dublin and features a group of 20-something friends. The main character, Izzy, is a young woman finding her way through heartbreak and hangovers.

"This is a whole new departure for me, and is one I intend to relish," Amy said.

Amy will be hoping to emulate the success of other chicklit authors Claudia Carroll and Cecelia Ahern.

Ahern has enjoyed massive success in the US with film and TV deals.

Meanwhile, Hollywood actress Katherine Heigl has been tipped for a role in Claudia Carroll's best-selling novel, I Never Fancied Him Anyway.

Huberman grew up in south Dublin and went to school in Loreto, Foxrock. She has a degree in social science from UCD and an MA in media studies from DIT.

She began acting at secondary school and made her debut in the RTE drama On Home Ground while completing her MA. She starred in Showbands alongside Kerry Katona and is best-known to Irish TV viewers as Daisy O'Callaghan in The Clinic.

Last year, Ms Huberman made her debut in the big screen and has since starred in Satellites and Meteorites and A Film With Me In It.

But she recently stated that she has no plans to trade in her Dublin base for the glitz and glamour of Hollywood.

"I wouldn't head to LA unless it was for a specific role, to be honest," she said. "I think it's just too tough to try and break into unless you have a definite job lined up."

She did, however, hint that she might make the move to England.

"I would work in London if I got an offer," she revealed. "My dad's from there so I have family connections."

Amy's novel has been described as a retro chick-lit novel but according to Penguin editorial director Patricia Deevy, it's "thoroughly modern and witty" and that her voice is "fresh and endearing".




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