THE HOLE STORY: Biographical books about even...

THE HOLE STORY: Biographical books about even marginal pop stars spring up like mushrooms--heck, even Vanilla Ice was the subject of a few.

But while Courtney Love has been one of the most-discussed and most-written-about pop music figures in newspapers and magazines in recent years, there is not a single book about her on the market.

Why? One reason is that Love herself has made it very clear how she feels about “unauthorized” investigations into her life.

“I am Jesus and my lawyers are my 12 disciples, so don’t [expletive] with me,” was a message she reportedly left on one writer’s phone machine.

But next spring, the Pocket Books division of Simon & Schuster is planning to publish “Courtney Love, Queen of Noise: A Most Unauthorized Biography.”

Seattle-based writer Melissa Rossi says that Love actually told her that she would not interfere with the project. Still, Love’s chilling presence has apparently been perceptible.

“People are very afraid of her,” says Rossi, 36, who has written about rock for Newsweek, Spin and other publications. “At this point, I don’t even like to go out because the way people [who know about the book] look at me. . . . Even people who hate Courtney don’t want to talk. . . . I don’t think anybody will be able to get the full story [about Love] while she’s living.”

Rossi doesn’t promise any explosive revelations about Love’s drug use or the death of Kurt Cobain, but she does say that she untangles the complex trails of Love’s troubled childhood and rise through the punk-rock world.

“She’s an inspirational story--a twisted one, but still inspirational,” she says. “She made a decision at age 14 that she was going to be a star of some kind. . . . Courtney is perfect proof you can do what you want. It may not be when you want or how you want and it may not bring happiness. But you can do it.”