Singer Dolly Parton to publish her first novel

The book has been billed as an “extraordinary collaboration between two legendary storytellers”.

Dolly Parton is releasing her first novel with an album to accompany it. Picture: Yui Mok/PA

A novel co-written by singer Dolly Parton and best-selling US author James Patterson is to be published.

Parton will release an album in March 2022 simultaneously with the book, which is her first, and has been titled Run, Rose, Run.