Hot commodity Tina Fey lands book deal

Fresh off recent wins at the Emmy Awardsas well as a trio of brilliant cameos on Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey is now set to tackle her first book.

Little, Brown Book Group confirmed on Monday that it has signed a book deal with the award-winning comedian and comedy writer.

Though the publisher did not reveal any financial details, nor the book's subject matter, New York media has been buzzing about the deal for about a week.

Last week, the New York Post had reported that the deal was in excess of $5 million US and that, rather than a memoir, the project was reportedly a non-fiction collection of humour essays.

The 38-year-old SNL alumna is riding a tidal wave of acclaim for herpitch-perfect parodies of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential candidate,on the venerable late-night sketch show.

Last month, she and her sitcom 30 Rock in which Fey stars as the head writer of a sketch comedy show scored four Emmy Awards, including its second consecutive win for best comedy series, an award for comedy writing and best comedic actress and actor trophies for Fey and Alec Baldwin.

After three weeks portraying Palin in sketches on Saturday Night Live, it's expected that Fey will continue in the role until the U.S. election on Nov. 4.

The new season of 30 Rock begins Oct. 30.

Fey's other credits include writing and appearing in the film Mean Girls and starring in the film Baby Mama.