Lauren Conrad

Lauren Conrad wanted to extend her 15 minutes of fame beyond her MTV reality show “The Hills,” and with her novel for teens topping the New York Times best-seller list (for children’s chapter books), she’s doing just that.

The book is about a young woman living in L.A. who is discovered and given her own reality show. Sound familiar? Anyway, for two weeks running, Conrad’s book L.A. Candy has headed the NYT list. Conrad will at least admit that her personal experiences informed the novel, though she insists that all the situations portrayed in the book were made up.

She recently dished with the Associated Press (Canada) about the book, the show, and other things.

Conrad says that even after a few years of reality television fame on her resume, she’s still surprised by how she has been able to do so much at such a young age. She told the AP she feels “lucky that I got to do so much for just being me.” She also says that Lauren Bosworth from “The Hills” is still her roommate and she still keeps in touch with Whitney Port and Stephanie Pratt and that she now wants to be a producer.