Alesia Holliday
Pseudonym: Jax Abbott.
Pseudonym: Alyssa Day.
http://www.alesiaholliday.com/
OK, first the hard part: pronunciation. Alesia is pronounced
uh-LEE-suh (or exactly like it would be pronounced if it
were spelled Lisa with an A on the front of it. That silent
I has been the bane of her existence for 30 years.)
Holliday - yes, the rumor is that she's related to Doc
Holliday. Alesia's dad was a world-ranked shooting champion,
but she's never tried to shoot anything or anyone except
with a water pistol, so who knows? And wasn't Val Kilmer
great in that movie? Who knew huckleberry could be a scary word?
Alesia grew up all over the world and even lived in Turkey
for two years and the Philippines for another two years.
Just when you'd think she'd know better, she married Navy
Guy and became resigned to putting roller skates on her
furniture.
After a lot of angst over the fact that she really wanted to
be a writer, she went for a real (read: boring) job and
graduated from The Ohio State University and then graduated
summa cum laude (rough translation: with much student loan
debt) from Capital Law School, in Columbus, Ohio.
Alesia spent several years as a trial lawyer in complex
class action and mass tort litigation, which means you never
actually go to trial, you just sit around with a lot of old
guys who tell you how great it was in the good old days when
they tried three cases a day in the snow, uphill both ways.
She wrote legal briefs that read like comedies, which might
explain why she never made partner.
Her first book, E-MAIL TO THE FRONT, shared embarrassing
personal stories with people and generated fan letters like
"I laughed so hard I snorted pasta sauce out my nose."
Causing people to spew foodstuffs out of their noses has
been a personal goal ever since.
Addicted to making people laugh (and shed the occasional
tear), when Alesia really, really couldn't keep the voices
of all those fictional people locked in her head anymore,
she started writing their stories. And look what that got
her - a day job where she gets to work in her pajamas! She
burned her pantyhose.
Now she lives in Florida, very near the beach, with her
research department (and husband) Judd, two very short
people who keep claiming she's their mother, and her pug
puppy, Daisy. She's probably either hard at work on her next
book, shopping for the perfect pair of high heels, or
sneaking out for a movie-break lunch at this very moment . . .
Photo by: Brant Photographers, Inc.
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Books
Bewitched, Bothered & BeVampyred, Season 2: Fangs Again
June 1, 2007
Welcome back to Brokenoggin Falls where a sudden influx of
undead residents has set the normally merely hysteria-prone
preternatural community on edge. Not only have the uninvited
blood-suckers grabbed up all of the Read more...
Seven Ways to Lose Your Lover
July 5, 2006
Surefire tips to make him so not into
you...guaranteed!
Like so many women, Shane Madison prefers to be nice, and
hates confrontation. But also like a lot of women, sometimes
Shane just wants a Read more...
Blondes Have More Felons
(December Vaughn Mystery #1)
March 7, 2006
When a lawyer who's smarter than she looks and more stubborn
than anybody expects opens a solo practice in small town
Florida, she takes on the big drug company that killed the
wife Read more...
The Naked Truth
November 1, 2005
Four fabulous authors deliver the whole truth and nothing
but the truth about men, women, and the delicious games they
play when it comes to love...
Is he into me? Is he just Read more...
Flirting with Pride & Prejudice
(Essay Collection)
September 28, 2005
One of fiction's most well-loved novels, this 19th-century
classic continues to capture the hearts of contemporary
readers with its notions of marriage, dating, and romance.
Leading authors in the area Read more...
American Idle
August 1, 2005
When her celebrity chef boss knocked her unconscious with a
frying pan, it jump-started Jules's life. She'd been stalled
too long: job-hopping, man-hopping, floating in the pool
with no cares—had it all been Read more...
Nice Girls Finish First
July 5, 2005
Kirby Green didn't get to be a Vice President of Marketing
by being nice. But when she fires her entire staff within a
few weeks (they all deserved it, really), her new Read more...
Shop 'til Yule Drop
October 31, 2004
American Idle
August 3, 2004
When her celebrity chef boss knocked her unconscious with
a frying pan, it jump-started Jules's life. She'd been
stalled too long: job-hopping, man-hopping, floating in
the pool with no cares—had Read more...
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