BRING ON THE FUNNY - MEET ALESIA HOLLIDAY

 

Non-Fiction Books:
	E-mail to the Front was the first book to look at military deployment from the perspective of the family left behind. This funny and sometimes poignant perspective gives America an inside look at the sacrifices military families make in order to protect our country and offers military spouses hope that they, too, can endure the long separations all military families must endure. "6/9: Evidently I wasn't supposed to put so much oil in the mower. The smoke went away fairly quickly, though. Connor even got to go for a ride in the fire truck." Alesia Holliday has survived scenes like this and more while her husband, a Naval Flight Officer, has been away on military duty. They have forged a different kind of marriage-one that the 1.5 million current active-duty service members and their families will identify with. E-mail to the Front has a large built-in audience that boasts a camaraderie strengthened by shared difficulties and discoveries. "January: Today I thought you died." E-mail to the Front consists of an e-mail dialogue between Alesia and her husband while he was on deployment and short commentaries by Alesia. In a style that's filled with empathy, gut-level honesty, humor, and unflinching support, chapters cover everything from "Departure: Only 183 Days to Go," to "Rebellion of the Appliances," to "It's Like Being a Single Mother, But I Can't Date." "On behalf of civilian America, I salute our nation's military families, although I'm probably using the wrong hand or something." - Dave Barry, Pulitzer-prize winning columnist and author of the funniest books in America

On Alesia's first media tour, she interviewed with the AM Northwest TV show folks in Portland, Oregon, where she met another guest of the show: famous children's book author Sandra Boynton (and her giant chicken). Alesia's children are convinced Mommy's famous - she was on TV right after the chicken!	This is Alesia and her pug puppy, Daisy, in Alesia's comfy book plotting chair. (SpongeBob pants optional!) Daisy starred in Alesia's funny mystery: BLONDES HAVE MORE FELONS. She also started the crazy but rewarding tradition of pug rescue in the family!

Women's Fiction:
	AMERICAN IDLE Jules Battled Impostor Syndrome her whole life; Now she's found a crazy new job in REALITY TV... And life was never so UNREAL! 2005 double RITA finalist for Best First Book and Novel with Romantic Elements
	NICE GIRLS FINISH FIRST Kirby wanted to meet a nice guy; She had no idea a double-dog dare about whether or not SHE'S a nice GIRL would put her vacation, her job, and her self-respect on the line!
	7 WAYS TO LOSE YOUR LOVER A delightful novel about being true to your heart--even when your heart feels like a traitor. Like so many women, Shane Madison hates confrontation. But also like a lot of women, sometimes Shane just wants a guy to hit the road, and fast. The solution: get them to break up with her. She started honing her techniques after the first guy she dumped-way back in eleventh grade- threw a baseball bat at her car, and since then she's become a master at getting men to make the first move (in the other direction). She's even shared her secrets with her girlfriends. But some men, it turns out, just aren't made for dumping. And Shane's kick-him-to-the-curb advice might just come back to kick her in the you-know-what, when she starts dating a gorgeous new guy-who, unbeknownst to her, is out for a little revenge after his last girlfriend took Shane's advice.
	THE NAKED TRUTH Alesia's novella: The Naked Truth About Guys CJ Murphy's column, The Naked Truth About Guys, translates guy-speak into language that normal humans [read: women!] can understand. But who's going to translate romance into something CJ can understand? RITA WINNER for Best Novella of 2005!
	SHOP 'TIL YULE DROP Leah's just looking for a new guy who won't dump her on Christmas Eve and a boss who doesn't make Cruella de Vil look like a pussycat. The Twelve Days of Christmas were never so crazy!

Alesia hard at work at a booksigning, wearing her happening leather jacket. (Pink is the new black!) If you look on the right, you'll see the action figure of Super Jessie, who starred in Alesia’s Jax Abbott young adult books.

Mystery:
	BLONDES HAVE MORE FELONS Berkley Prime Crime 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 of her first major client. In her fight for justice, she encounters a kleptomaniac pro bono client, an Armani-clad bullfighter best friend, a poker-champ neighbor who bakes cookies, and a P.I. so hot he makes her rethink her No Bad Boys Rule . . . but she never suspects she may wind up literally laughing herself to death.
For Fun and a Good Cause:
	Welcome to Brokenoggin Falls, where: • The housewives are not only desperate, they're Witches (and one of them might be a Harpy) • The hot young studs are silent, willing - and far between • The skeletons in the closet are as real as the bodies in the cellars • The spells cast by moonlight frequently go awry, and • One ex-demon Slayer trying to sell her lingerie in peace meets a 7,000-year-old demon BEWITCHED was a charity anthology to benefit Red Cross hurricane relief. Alesia and the other authors donated their stories to this book. Alesia's story, Suzi Stiletto "Get a group of Brokenoggin women in a room with sex toys and a little alcohol...and imagine the mayhem! Ms. Holliday has a real gift for making her main character seem a completely sane person in the middle of an insane bunch. As usual for this anthology, comic and hilarious, with an ending interesting enough to make any reader yell, "Don't stop!"" - The Romance Studio, about Alesia's episode
Pop-Culture Reflections:
	WELCOME TO WISTERIA LANE: ON AMERICA'S FAVORITE DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES An anthology of non-fiction and short stories celebrating this pop culture phenomenon of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, edited by Leah Wilson. Alesia’s fascinating essay: Ritalin, Rivalry, and the Rat: Why We Love Lynette
	FLIRTING WITH PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: FRESH PERSPECTIVES ON THE ORIGINAL CHICK LIT MASTERPIECE An anthology of non-fiction and short stories celebrating this tremendous book, edited by Jennifer Crusie Alesia’s fun chick-lit piece: The Evolution of Envy
For Tween and Teen Girls: (Written as Jax Abbott)
	SUPER WHAT? Jessie Drummond is the 15-year old daughter of super heroes who never got any powers of her own. Now — when she has to cope with a new school, flunking algebra, and finding a date to the prom — her powers decide to show up with a bang!!
	SUPER 16 The Top 5 Ways NOT to Celebrate your 16th Birthday: 1. Drive your mother's boyfriend's sheriff car into the river. 2. Accuse the team quarterback of setting the school on fire. 3. Tell the League of Liberty that superpowers are so yesterday. 4. Freak completely when your boyfriend tries for 2nd base. 5. Explode your sadistic orthodontist's drill -- on purpose. Blowing out the candles is the least of Jessie's worries...

 

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