As the daughter of a Baptist Minister, Jessica Simpson grew up singing gospel music in her father's church. From the age of five, she gained valuable experience singing in front of an audience. As she grew older, Jessica yearned for a career as a pop music star. When she was 12, she auditioned for the New Mickey Mouse Club along with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. She didn't get a part on the show. Soon after, she signed a contract with a gospel music label that went out of business before Jessica's album was complete. And though it looked like she would never get her break in the music business, Jessica continued to try. When Tommy Mottola of Columbia Records finally signed her to a four-year record deal, Jessica knew it was only the beginning. Regardless of her eventual stardom, Jessica vows to remain true to herself. "I want to be an example to girls all over the world," she told Mottola, "that you don't have to compromise who you are to be a success in the music business."
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Born in Boston, Massachussetts, John Bankston began publishing articles in newspapers and magazines while still a teenager. Since then, he has written over two hundred articles, and contributed chapters to books such as Crimes of Passion, and Death Row 2000, which have been sold in bookstores across the world. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California, pursuing a career in the entertainment industry. He has worked as a writer for the movie Dot-Com, and is finishing his first young adult novel.
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Born in Boston, Massachusetts, John Bankston began writing professionally while still a teenager. Since then, over two hundred of his articles have been published in magazines and newspapers across the country, including travel articles in The Tallahassee Democrat, The Orlando Sentinel and The Tallahassean. He is the author of over sixty biographies for young adults, including works on Alexander the Great, scientist Stephen Hawking, actor Jodi Foster, and authors including Katherine Paterson, Ray Bradbury and F. Scott Fitzgerald. He currently lives in Newport Beach, California.
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