She is the world's ultimate "It" girl but the heiress to the fortune of the Hilton Hotels chain, has insisted she is no "heirhead", boasting a CV that includes businesswoman, actress and recording artist, as well as socialite. For which Paris Hilton remains most famous.
Newkey-Burden describes her as "an intelligent and shrewd operator": after the obligatory fragrance, Hilton set up her own record label Heiress Records - a subsidiary of Warner Bros on - on which she released a self-titled album.
But it was the small screen where she had most success, alongside Nicole Richie in The Simple Life, after which the pair were under constant media scrutiny.
There were minor acting roles to follow, most notably in House of Wax (2005) for which she won the Teen Choice award for Best Scream (quite an achievement).
But then her performances veered into pornography when a sex tape, aptly entitled 1 Night in Paris, was leaked on to the internet.
Oh yes, Hilton Jr has had her fair share of trouble over the years, all of which landed her on the tabloid pages then eventually in jail.
There were the relationships with Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and actor Leonardo DiCaprio, spats with party buddies Richie, Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan and a three-year restraining order to prevent her "harassing" event producer and former friend Brian Quintana.
Newkey-Burden details the much publicised recent court cases and subsequent jail time for various driving offences and wonders if the experience has changed her. Or will she be back to shopping all day with a chihuahua in a bag, returning to ditzy party girl by night?
Does anyone - aside from teenage girls who have an unnatural affinity for the colour pink - really care?
Whatever she's up to will no doubt be splashed across the pages of Heat magazine anyway. So check there, kids.
There isn't a great deal of new information offered here by Newkey-Burden, despite is book being described as "an all-access pass into Paris's glamorous life".
But if you like the celebrity biography, the ridiculously titled Life On The Edge will make for an interesting overview of her story so far.
Lisa Norman
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