The woman who convinced Atlanta courthouse killer Brian Nichols to surrender by talking to him and reading passages from Rick Warren‘s The Purpose-Driven Life, has signed a deal for a memoir. As Greg Bluestein reports in an Associated Press wire story, “Ashley Smith‘s Unlikely Angel will be co-published this fall by the Zondervan and William Morrow divisions of HarperCollins.” Zondervan, as Bluestein notes, is also the publisher of The Purpose-Driven Life. The 26-year-old Smith, who was “bombarded with offers,” pledged to give part of the proceeds to “a memorial fund in honor of the shooting victims.” “I believe that God is calling me to use this opportunity to not only turn my own life around but also to inspire others to do that, too,” she says.