U.K. NEWSLINES April 2001 (excerpt) ...Louise Wener, former vocalist for defunct Brit-poppers Sleeper, is writing a novel. A synopsis and 80 finished pages of Goodnight Steve McQueen are with the publisher Hodder & Stoughton, which has signed her to a two-book deal. The tale, which is said to be ?in Nick Hornby territory,? revolves around a musician who grew to believe Steve McQueen was his father and is under pressure from his girlfriend to land a record deal. A second novel, with a chart-rigging scandal as its backdrop, is under development.

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