Michaela Coel is writing something else that will very likely destroy you. Misfits: A Personal Manifesto, her debut book, is set to be simultaneously published in the United Kingdom and the United States this September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chewing Gum and I May Destroy You star will recount personal anecdotes from her life and career, detailing her path to owning her strength and creativity. Coel \u201cmakes a compelling case for radical honesty\u201d and \u201cgreater transparency,\u201d according to the publisher. Pulling from the BAFTA winner\u2019s emotional 2018 Edinburgh Festival MacTaggart lecture, where she spoke about the beauty of \u201cmisfits,\u201d the book will also touch on the same subjects as her award-winning TV shows. \u201cThe misfit doesn\u2019t climb in pursuit of safety or profit, she climbs to tell stories, she gets off the ladder and onto the swings; swinging back and forth, sometimes aggressively, sometimes standing up on the swing, back and forth, in pursuit of only transparency, observing the changes, but wonders if these changes are taking place within a faulty system,\u201d she said in her lecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n