Mary Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen’s Influence

Mary Kate Olsen and twin Ashley Olsen, the famous Olsen twins who grew up in the spotlight playing the role of Michelle Tanner on ABCs 80s – 90s hit sitcom “Full House”, have written a “coffee table” book to share with the let the world know a little about the people who helped to shape their lives and careers. The book is titled “Influence”.

According to the publisher, Influence by Mary Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen includes exclusive photographs of the twins along with other materials and interviews from their personal collections.  Buy Influence by Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen

Mary Kate talking about “Influence”:

“We interviewed the people who have inspired us, with the hope that they will inspire and teach others.”

“We want to explain culturally how ideas evolve.”

Ashley Olsen talking about “Influence”:

“We have filled Influence with the most interesting, challenging, creative people we know – the ones who helped pave the way for us and our generation.”

You can never accuse Mary Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen of not knowing how to capitalize on their noteriety. This hardly sounds like a book that will do much to influence the world; but you can bet it’s likely to end up on the New York Times’ bestseller list.