Mag editor to reveal celeb secrets

A celebrity magazine editor is quitting his job so he can write a tell-all-book about the world of showbiz.

Heat magazine editor Mark Frith has bagged a book deal that will see him publish the secrets contained in a diary he kept during the eight years as the head of a gossip mag.

The Celeb Diaries promises to reveal details about his encounters with the Beckhams, Jude Law and Geri Halliwell.

There will also be stories on Amy Winehouse, Jonathan Ross, Take That, Will Young and Ewan McGregor, plus details of a row with Gordon Brown at Downing Street.

Ebury Press, who released Piers Morgan's diaries, The Insider and Don't You Know Who I Am, are due to publish the Frith's book in the autumn.

"The celebrity culture that Heat kick-started has become so dominant that the inside track on how it came about, what deals were struck, and who said what to whom, is a brilliant media story," said Ebury's Jake Lingwood.

"The public are going to be fascinated to hear about what really goes on in the celebrity game."

Frith is well known for turning around the fortunes of Heat when he took over in 2000, boosting sales of the magazine to over 500,000 copies a week.

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