Julia Holden
Julia Holden
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Will you change your life ... with one dance in Paris?
Female
101 years old
Honolulu, Hawaii
United States
Last Login: 11/8/2009
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Julia Holden's Interests
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| General | Writing, reading, fabulous travel, fabulous shopping, eating well, drinking well, movies, ballet, Paris, New York, Hawaii. | | Music | Alanis Morissette, early Elton John, Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, Pat Benatar, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Stravinsky. | | Movies | Moonstruck, Casablanca, It's a Wonderful Life, When Harry Met Sally, Singin' in the Rain, Roman Holiday, Amelie, Chocolat, Sabrina (not the remake, please!), The Princess Bride, Bridget Jones's Diary, The Graduate, Tootsie, Chinatown, Sunset Boulevard, All That Jazz. | | Television | Project Runway, Dancing with the Stars, Anderson Cooper 360, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI (but only the original). | | Books | So many. Examples? Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Sun Also Rises, The Great Gatsby, The Catcher in the Rye and Nine Stories, The World According to Garp, Bridget Jones's Diary, Angela's Ashes, Adventures in the Screen Trade. And oh, yeah, mine. | | Heroes | My daughter, the rest of my family, Giorgio Armani, Frank McCourt, George Balanchine. |
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Julia Holden's Details
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| Status: | Married | | Here for: | Networking, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | many | | Zodiac Sign: | Pisces | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Proud parent | | Education: | Post grad | | Occupation: | Writer, and other stuff |
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About me:
I am delighted to announce the July 3, 2007 launch of my second novel, ONE DANCE IN PARIS, following last year's A DANGEROUS DRESS. ONE DANCE IN PARIS is the story of too-tall misfit Linda Stone, who is resigned to her dead-end existence ... until a mysterious gift sends her on a search for the mother she never knew, who lived a life of unimaginable glamour and decadence as a Las Vegas showgirl and then as the queen of the Folies Bergère in Paris. Soon Linda finds herself stepping into her mother’s high-heeled rhinestone shoes and asking herself if she dares to love, and to dance her own dance.
If you enjoyed my first book, A DANGEROUS DRESS, you’ll love ONE DANCE IN PARIS. (And if you haven't read the first one, you'll love this one, anyway!) The new book is edgier, sexier, but still funny, glam, and oh-so-romantic. But don’t take my word for it. Here’s what some of my fellow authors (and wonderful MySpace friends) had to say:
“Enchanting and delightful, yet poignant and real, One Dance in Paris is one great read!” - Jen Lancaster, author of Bitter is the New Black and Bright Lights, Big Ass
“Poignant, funny, bawdy, and glamorous all at once. I’d certainly book a ticket to Julia Holden’s Paris.” - Zoe Rice, author of Pick Me Up
“One Dance in Paris is the perfect summer read … you’ll swallow it up in one gulp.” - Allison Winn Scotch, author of The Department of Lost & Found
“Fast-paced and delightful, One Dance in Paris sparkles like the City of Light itself.” - Kristin Harmel, author of The Blonde Theory
“A novel capturing the real Parisian atmosphère is a rarity worth noticing … a perfect treat for all the Francophiles out there.” - F.G. Gerson, author of 21 Steps to Happiness
And now, about me: I have spent considerable portions of my life in Indiana, New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, California, and Paris (France, not Texas), although not necessarily in that order. For seven years, I served as a movie studio executive in L.A., and I still work in and around the entertainment industry. My family and I are in the process of relocating from Southern California to gorgeous, glorious Hawaii.
The first, and only, creative writing class I ever took was in high school. My teacher was a nice man who wrote college recommendations for me (I went) and encouraged me to pursue journalism (I didn't). The teacher's name was Mr. McCourt. Frank (Angela's Ashes) McCourt. Who knew?
Like Linda Stone, the heroine of ONE DANCE IN PARIS, and Jane Stuart, the protagonist of A DANGEROUS DRESS, I am deeply devoted to travel, fashion, and drinking lovely wines and cocktails in exotic locations. Also like Linda and Jane, I try to satisfy those cravings in Paris as often as I possibly can. Unlike Linda, however, I have not danced provocatively on the stage of the Folies Bergere. And unlike Jane, I have not met Giorgio Armani.
Yet.
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Who I'd like to meet:
My readers, especially those of you who have been so incredibly supportive. Readers in general -- especially those who, like me, can't and won't stop reading, no matter how much real life and exhaustion get in our way.
And especially every reader who ever changed her life, or wanted to; and every reader who ever wore a really dangerous dress, or wanted to.
Other writers, especially those who, like me, lead double lives, don't even turn on the computer until the rest of the family is asleep, and pound away on the keyboard until we can't keep our eyes open any longer.
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