Branching out, are we?  Lauren Conrad has signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins to write a series of young adult books called L.A. Candy.  The series will be about a girl who moves to L.A. and becomes the star of a reality TV show.  The first book will be released next summer.

In other Hills news, Mattel is making Barbie and Ken dolls of Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, you know, because these two just aren’t plastic enough.  The DSS should probably haul off any parent who actually buys these things for their kid.