--- description: It's official: Zayn has reached the "publish a book" phase of fame. The former One Direction singer will publish an autobiography this fall title: Fangirls, Get Your Reading Glasses Ready: Zayn Is Writing a Book image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt255860ed18fc2793/6988a5e2656a3f55edbcd15e/zayn.jpg?branch=production ---  * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Fangirls, Get Your Reading Glasses Ready: Zayn Is Writing a Book by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 13, 2016 11:32 PM CUT  The cover of Zayn's book, 'Zayn.' The cover of Zayn's book, 'Zayn.'Delacorte by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 13, 2016 11:32 PM CUT It’s official: [Zayn](http://time.com/4448194/zayn-malik-gq-interview-giuseppe-zanotti/ "undefined") has reached the “publish a book” phase of fame. The former [One Direction](http://time.com/4368542/zayn-malik-one-direction-taylor-swift/ "undefined") singer, who has since gone solo and released the album [_Mind of Mine_](http://time.com/4241922/march-new-music-albums-songs/item/zayn-mind-of-mine/ "undefined"), will publish an autobiography this fall. The book, titled _Zayn_, is described by its publisher in a press release as “a photographic journey of his life. He opens up with a collection of thoughts, inspirations, personal stories, notes and drawings, and never-before-seen personal photographs.” In the opening pages, Zayn writes, “I’m going to show you as much as I can so that you can judge me on my own terms, not on what the press or anyone else says.” _Zayn_ is slated for publication by Delacorte Press on Nov. 1. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4490610/zayn-book-photographic-autobiography/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4490610/zayn-book-photographic-autobiography/"},"headline":"Fangirls, Get Your Reading Glasses Ready: Zayn Is Writing a Book","datePublished":"2016-09-13T23:32:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:34:37.619Z","description":"The book is a \"photographic journey of his life\"","url":"https://time.com/4490610/zayn-book-photographic-autobiography/","keywords":["Books"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt255860ed18fc2793/6988a5e2656a3f55edbcd15e/zayn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt255860ed18fc2793/6988a5e2656a3f55edbcd15e/zayn.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"zayn","caption":"","creditText":"Delacorte","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/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4490610/zayn-book-photographic-autobiography/","name":"Fangirls, Get Your Reading Glasses Ready: Zayn Is Writing a Book"}}]}] ```