Elle Girl Editor Melissa Walker Inks Teen Book Deal

There are still plenty ElleGirl staffers in a state of shock over yesterday’s news that the magazine will fold. Senior features editor and mediabistro writing instructor Melissa Walker, though, has a book deal to fall back on. Walker recently signed on with Penguin’s NAM/JAM line to write three teen novels, the first of which is due in fall 2007. Which means we actually might be forced to read a teen novel in the fall of 2007.