SUSAN BOYLE: DREAMS CAN COME TRUE in USA Today

USA Today takes note of next week's release of Susan Boyle: Dreams Come True: "Susan Boyle fans can read a biography by Alice Montgomery to be published Feb. 2 by The Overlook Press. Susan Boyle: Dreams Can Come True ($21.95) will cover the life story of the Britain's Got Talent singer whose performance off "I Dreamed a Dream" in her first appearance on the show in April became an online sensation." OK! Magazine also reports: "A Susan Boyle biography titled Susan Boyle: Dreams Can Come True is headed to bookstores near you! Now the story about the life behind the voice that’s an inspiration to so many will be told. After stunning judges Piers Morgan and Simon Cowell on Britain’s Got Talent and becoming an overnight household name less than a year ago, Susan gave hope to the world that dreams actually can come true — with the help of reality TV. Her album "I Dreamed a Dream" is the biggest female debut album of all time and has already sold up to 8 million copies. Now for the first time, the life behind the singer will be told by biographer Alice Montgomery who charted Susan’s life in careful detail and outlined the setbacks and triumphs that led to her worldwide celebrity. The Overlook Press will publish 150,000 copies in the first printing of Susan Boyle: Dreams Can Come True on Feb. 2 for $21.95 in hardcover."
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Susan Boyle Biography DREAMS CAN COME TRUE in Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly reports on the new Susan Boyle biography, Dreams Can Come True, which is set for release on February 9: "Overlook has acquired the first biography of British reality TV singing sensation Susan Boyle, Dreams Can Come True. Written by Alice Montgomery, the book, which is slated for February 9 and will be simultaneously published in England by Penguin UK, will trace Boyle's arc from a reclusive Scottish spinster to her headline-grabbing appearance singing "I Dreamed A Dream"on the English reality show, Britain's Got Talent. Boyle's debut album, also called "I Dreamed A Dream," has sold more than 5 million copies, making it the biggest-selling female debut album of all time. The acquisition looks to be something of a coup for Overlook, which is going to press for an initial 100,000 copies. Overlook publisher Peter Mayer acquired the book last month at auction."

Overlook to Publish Biography of Susan Boyle in February 2010

The first biography of international singing sensation Susan Boyle will be published by The Overlook Press in February 2010. From the moment she burst onto television screens on “Britain’s Got Talent” she became an unexpected and international phenomenon. Her riveting performance of “I Dreamed a Dream” became a YouTube sensation, and her debut album became the fastest selling female debut album of all time worldwide. Since its release in October 2009, "I Dreamed a Dream" has hit number one in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Ireland.

Susan Boyle’s story is now ready to be told. In this entertaining and informative new book, Susan Boyle: Dreams Can Come True, journalist Alice Montgomery charts Boyle’s meteoric rise from humble beginnings in Scotland to global superstardom, exploring the relationships, events, and people that have played a role in her astonishing story – a 21st century fairy tale that became reality. ON SALE FEBRUARY 9!