--- description: Twitter's 140-character limit be damned title: "Pitch Perfect"'s Anna Kendrick Gets Simon & Schuster Book Deal image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2100fc79bb94e1db/6987ebabcd68489e8a09d94b/465928178.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Anna Kendrick Is Writing a Book of Essays  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Apr 17, 2015 4:47 PM CUT  Actress Anna Kendrick poses inside the press room of the 87th Annual Academy Awards held at Loews Hollywood Hotel on February 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California. Actress Anna Kendrick poses inside the press room of the 87th Annual Academy Awards held at Loews Hollywood Hotel on February 22, 2015 in Hollywood, California.Albert L. Ortega—Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Apr 17, 2015 4:47 PM CUT Anna Kendrick will join Amy Poehler, Lena Dunham and Mindy Kaling on the list of funny celebs to write a memoir. The _Pitch Perfect_ star’s book, a series of humorous biographical essays, is set to be published in the fall of 2016 by Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The Academy Award-nominated actor has earned a reputation for her [wit and sarcasm on Twitter](http://www.buzzfeed.com/kristinharris/anna-kendrick-is-the-greatest-person-on-twitter#.rpQO9Zr3x "undefined") and, according to a statement she released, is eager to see if she can extend a series of 140-character tweets into whole chapters. “I’m excited to publish my first book, and because I get uncomfortable when people have high expectations, I’d like to use this opportunity to showcase my ineptitude, pettiness, and the frequency with which I embarrass myself,” Kendrick said. “And while many of my female inspirations who have become authors are incredibly well-educated and accomplished comedy writers, I’m very, very funny on Twitter, according to _BuzzFeed_ and my mom, so I feel like this is a great idea. Quick question: are run-on sentences still frowned upon? Wait, is ending a sentence with a preposition still frowned upon? I mean, upon frowned? Dammit!” _Read next:_ [_Aziz Ansari on His New Book and How Texting Is Ruining Our Relationships_](http://time.com/3728648/aziz-ansari-new-book-modern-romance-netflix/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3826789/anna-kendrick-book-deal/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3826789/anna-kendrick-book-deal/"},"headline":"Anna Kendrick Is Writing a Book of Essays","datePublished":"2015-04-17T16:47:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:29:14.865Z","description":"Twitter's 140-character limit be damned","url":"https://time.com/3826789/anna-kendrick-book-deal/","keywords":["Books","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2100fc79bb94e1db/6987ebabcd68489e8a09d94b/465928178.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2100fc79bb94e1db/6987ebabcd68489e8a09d94b/465928178.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"87th Annual Academy Awards - Press Room","caption":"87th Annual Academy Awards - Press Room","creditText":"Albert L. Ortega—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3826789/anna-kendrick-book-deal/","name":"Anna Kendrick Is Writing a Book of Essays"}}]}] ```