Alesia Holliday's first novel, AMERICAN IDLE, will launch
Dorchester Publishing's new trade paperback chick lit line
in August 2004. Hailed in Publisher's Weekly as Auspicious
First Fiction, AMERICAN IDLE has been called "a
deliciously dishy parody of reality TV." Alesia is also
the author of the critically acclaimed non-fiction book, E-
MAIL TO THE FRONT, and of upcoming Young Adult releases
SUPER WHAT? and SUPER 16 for Dorchester Smooch, writing
under the pen name Jax Abbott.
SummaryWhen 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 a Peter Pan
act? Now, with a chance as a production coordinator on a
cheesy new reality TV show, she would get herself in gear.
But with an executive producer with a split personality, a
judge with bubonic plague, a murderous coworker whose
weapon was bad mayonnaise, insane fans, vote-rigging,
dressing room Botox, and a hot guy who thought Jules was
an alcoholic—"Pop Star Live!" should have been called
unreality TV. Plus, the publicity stunt that made Jules
the "Face Behind Reality TV" and meant national attention
24/7 was even stranger. But instead of hitting the brakes,
Jules only drove herself harder. Her idle life was gone
forever; in its place she'd found her own American idyll.
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