Jackie Collins

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Jacqueline Jill "Jackie" Collins was born on 4 October 1937 in London, England, UK, daughter of Elsa Bessant and Joseph William Collins. She is the younger sister of actress Joan Collins. Jackie started writing as a teenager, making up steamy stories her schoolmates paid to devour. Her first book, The World is Full of Married Men, became a sensational bestseller because of its open sexuality and the way it dealt honestly with the double standard. After that came The Stud, Sinners, The Love Killers, The World is Full of Divorced Women, The Bitch, Lovers And Gamblers, Chances, and then the international sensation, Hollywood Wives - a No. 1 New York Times bestseller, which was made into one of ABC's highest-rated miniseries starring Anthony Hopkins and Candice Bergen. The Stud, The World is Full of Married Men, and The Bitch were also filmed - this time for the big screen. And Jackie wrote an original movie, Yesterday's Hero, starring Ian McShane and Suzanne Somers. Jackie Collins has been called a 'raunchy moralist' by the late director Louis Malle and 'Hollywood's own Marcel Proust' by Vanity Fair magazine. With over 500 million copies of her books sold in more than 40 countries, and with some twenty-eight New York Times bestsellers to her credit, Jackie Collins is one of the world's top-selling novelists. She is known for giving her readers an unrivaled insiders knowledge of Hollywood and the glamorous lives and loves of the rich, famous, and infamous! 'I write about real people in disguise,' she says. 'If anything, my characters are toned down - the truth is much more bizarre.' There have been many imitators, but only Jackie Collins can tell you what really goes on in the fastest lane of all. From Beverly Hills bedrooms to a raunchy prowl along the streets of Hollywood; from glittering rock parties and concerts to stretch limos and themansions of the power brokers - Jackie Collins chronicles the real truth from the inside looking out. Divorced from Wallace Austin after 4 years, they had a child, daughter Tracy. In 1965, Jackie married Oscar Lerman, and had daughters Tiffany and Rory. Her husband died on 1992. Jackie was engaged to marry Frank Calcangnini from 1994 until his death in 1998. She died of breast cancer on September 19, 2015 at the age of 77, in Beverly Hills. She is interred in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

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UNTITLED 2014 PA
Representative edition published 2015
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The Lucky Santangelo Cookbook
Representative edition published 2014
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Confessions of a Wild Child
Representative edition published 2013
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The Power Trip
Representative edition published 2013
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Chances
Representative edition published 2013
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Goddess of vengeance
Representative edition published 2011
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Poor little bitch girl
Representative edition published 2010
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Drop Dead Beautiful
Representative edition published 2010
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Married lovers
Representative edition published 2009
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Hollywood Wives
Representative edition published 2007
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Drop Dead Beatifull Tr
Representative edition published 2006
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Lovers & Players Signed Edition
Representative edition published 2006
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Sinners Low Price
Representative edition published 2006
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Mit Gift und Glamour
Representative edition published 2004
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Hollywood Divorces (Collins, Jackie
Representative edition published 2003
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Lucky (Spanish)
Representative edition published 2003
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Hollywood divorces
Representative edition published 2003
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Deadly embrace
Representative edition published 2003
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Lovers and Gamblers
Representative edition published 2003
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Liebhabereien. Ein erotisches Lesebuch
Representative edition published 2002
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Rendez-vous à Las Vegas
Representative edition published 2002
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Hollywood Wives LP
Representative edition published 2002
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Lovers and Gamblers / Love Killers
Representative edition published 2002
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Hollywood wives, the new generation
Representative edition published 2002
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