It's getting harder and harder to describe just what Lena Dunham does. The New York native has acted in both film and TV, made art, and written for TV, film, and magazines. And she's done it all in just 26 years. Now, it seems we can count literature among the many talents in Dunham's wheelhouse. She's reportedly currently shopping her first book, according to Slate.
Likely best known for her acting on the series she created, and writes for on HBO, "Girls," Dunham is giving publishers a taste of a book proposal that sources say will earn her at least million dollar payday. The literary agency has apparently set "an in-house floor of $1 Million" for U.S. rights to the book, according to Slate.
Slate first reported Dunham was shopping an advice book, and was apparently given access to the proposal. According to Slate, the book is tentatively titled "Not That Kind of Girl: Advice by Lena Dunham" and will feature "candid accounts of losing her virginity, trying to eat well (detailed diet journal included), obsessing about health, obsessing about death...along with tips about how to stay focused, how not to ruin a potential relationship...One section will recount various ways in which older men continue to be condescending and sexist, and will describe 'the most awkward date ever with an older director.' Another will describe travel to various places, include Israel and Japan."
The book's writing style is reportedly influenced by "Having It All," the proto-feminist book by late Cosmo editor Helen Gurley Brown. Dunham recently received significant attention for a New Yorker essay, "First Love," about a college boyfriend. She was a creative writing major at Oberlin College where she graduated in 2008.
Dunham's television series, Girls, was green-lit by HBO in early 2012. The show is executive produced by Judd Apatow. Known for her blunt confessional storytelling, Dunham has garnered four Emmy nominations for her roles in acting, writing, and directing the series.
Dunham's 2010 film, "Tiny Furniture," won Best Narrative Feature at South by Southwest Music and Media Conference. The film won her an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. Dunham herself played the lead role of Aura.
Bids from publishers are reportedly on their way Dunham's agent later today.
Dunham recently did a fashion spread for online retailer ASOS's latest magazine. The photos, which were taken prior to Dunham cutting her hair into a pixie cut, play up her quirks with nostalgic, vintage throwback pieces. Dunham revealed the awkwardness of her childhood in an interview for the magazine, saying, "I felt highly anxious in a way that I didn't think other children were. I just wanted to be at home watching old Saturday Night Live reruns with my parents and trying to find the dirty parts of books."
The second season of her HBO hit, "Girls," premieres in January 2013.