Self-published schoolgirl lands three book publishing deal after becoming online hit

Watch out EL James, there's a new writer out to steal your crown as a bestselling romance novelist - and she's only 17-years-old.

Like the 50 Shades author, Beth Reeks was snapped up by a publisher after her book was initially a hit online. Now her novel, The Kissing Booth, is set to be published in paperback which could see the teenager propelled even higher up the bestsellers lists.

Like James, Reeks' genre is romance but, befitting for her age and that of her target teen audience, she doesn't realm into the erotic.