Justin Bieber, 16, to Publish His Memoirs

He's only 16, but Justin Bieber is already working on his life story.

USA Today  reports that HarperCollins is releasing the teen idol's official illustrated memoir that will tell the behind-the-scenes story of his journey to superstardom.

Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever: My Story - due out in October - also will feature never-before-seen shots of the Canadian teen. Bieber, who was raised by a single mother, was first noticed after posting a series of videos on YouTube. Scooter Braun, who later became his manager, later helped him nab a recording contract with Island Records.

Biography

Bieber was born on March 1, 1994, in Stratford, Ontario. Bieber's mother, Pattie Mallette, was 18 years old when she became pregnant with her son. Mallette, who worked a series of low paying office jobs, raised Bieber as a single mother. However, Bieber maintains contact with his father, Jeremy Bieber. As he grew, Bieber taught himself to play the piano, drums, guitar, and trumpet. In early 2007, when he was twelve, Bieber sang Ne-Yo's "So Sick" for a local singing competition in Stratford and placed second. Mallette posted a video of the performance on YouTube for their family and friends to see. She continued to upload videos of Bieber singing covers of various R&B songs, and Bieber's popularity on the site grew.
While searching for videos of a different singer, Scooter Braun, a former marketing executive of So So Def, clicked on one of Bieber's videos by accident. Impressed, Braun tracked down the theater Bieber was performing in, located Bieber's school, and finally contacted Mallette. Mallette was reluctant; she remembered praying, "God, I gave him to you. You could send me a Christian man, a Christian label!" However, after praying with her church elders and receiving their encouragement, she permitted Braun to fly Bieber, then 13, to Atlanta, Georgia to record demo tapes. A week after arriving, Bieber sang for R&B singer/songwriter Usher, who arranged an audition with Antonio L.A. Reid at Island Def Jam Music Group, who in turn signed him to Island Records in October 2008. Justin Timberlake was reportedly in the running to sign Bieber, but he eventually signed with Usher. Bieber and his mother then moved to Atlanta, also the home of Usher and Braun, to base his career.

Justin Bieber Biography on the Way

Cha-ching, cha-ching. 16-year-old pop star Justin Bieber will have a biography out imminently. Even though he's not even been alive for two decades, there is money to be made on a biography of the superstar. Lots of tween and teenage girls have expendable, disposable income and what better way to spend it than on a tome about their beloved Bieb! However, it's not a typical biography. It's a comic book.Fame: Justin Bieber is due out in October via Bluewater Productions for the lean price of $3.99, so even po' Bieber fans can afford it. 

The book is said to be 32 pages, which means that there will be approximately two pages for each year the singer has been alive. Tara Broeckel Ooten wrote the words, while Claudio Avella handled the drawings. 

Lady Gaga and Robert Pattinson are previous subjects of the Bluewater Fameseries, so the Bieb is joining some impressive, teen-loved company. 

Would you read the Bieb's bio in comic book form?