Actress Hilary Duff has inked a deal with Simon & Schuster to write a series of young-adult novels. The first, titled Elixir, will be published in October. The publisher says the book will combine a love triangle, mystery, and international adventure, and focus on a "globe-trotting photojournalist who is a attempting to unravel the mystery of her father's disappearance." Duff will also publish a book about divorce in the spring of 2012.
