11 Apr 2015

<em>Empire's</em> Cookie Lyon is working on a memoir

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Taraji P. Henson at the 'Empire' season finale event. (Greatstock/Splash)

New York — Her immediate plans are to host Saturday Night Live this weekend. But Taraji P Henson also has a memoir in her future.

The Oscar-nominated actress, who stars as Cookie Lyon in the Fox series Empire, has a deal with the Simon & Schuster imprint 37 Ink. The publisher told The Associated Press on Thursday that the book is currently untitled with a planned mid-2016 release.

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