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Jane Heller After nearly a decade of promoting writers, Jane Heller launched her own career as a successful novelist. Her comic, breezy tales are now entertaining millions of readers around the world.
Her first novel, Cha Cha Cha, published by Kensington in 1994, was a selection of the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club and was optioned for a television movie by Columbia/TriStar. Her second novel, The Club was released by Kensington in 1995 and was chosen as a People magazine "Beach Book of the Week." Her third, Infernal Affairs, a 1996 release from Kensington, was optioned by Disney/Touchstone for a feature film and picked as a People magazine "Page Turner of the Week." Princess Charming, Jane's fourth novel, was issued by Kensington in 1997, was chosen as a selection of the Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club, was optioned by Disney for a feature film, and was named a People magazine "Beach Book of the Week." Crystal Clear, novel #5, was published by Kensington in '98.
In 1999, Jane moved to St. Martin's Press for her sixth novel, Sis Boom Bah, a People magazine "Beach Book of the Week" that was optioned by Julia Roberts's Shoelace Productions for a feature film. Name Dropping, published by SMP in 2000, was optioned by Miramax for a feature film. Female Intelligence, a SMP release in 2001, was optioned for a CBS television movie by Hearst/Anne Carlucci Productions. In 2002, SMP published The Secret Ingredient, Jane's ninth novel. Scheduled for a March 2003 release in paperback, the book was optioned for a feature film by Artists Production Group (APG) with Jane adapting the novel herself. In April '03, SMP publishes Lucky Stars, which has been optioned for a film by Lakeshore Entertainment. Coming in 2004 from St. Martin's will be Jane's eleventh novel, Best Enemies.
Heller entered the field of book publishing as an assistant in the publicity department at Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, and rose to the positions of publicity manager at New American Library, publicity director at Dell/Delacorte, and vice president and director of advertising, promotion and publicity at Jove. Authors with whom she worked include such bestselling novelists as Danielle Steel, Stephen King, Judy Blume, John Jakes, Mary Higgins Clark and Erica Jong.
One of six children, Heller grew up in Scarsdale, New York, attended Scarsdale High School, and earned a B.A. in classics from the University of Rochester, where she received Summa Cum Laude honors and was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa Society. The following year, she completed one year of a Master's Program at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School of Communications. Currently, Jane lives in Los Angeles with her husband, an architectural photographer. Her official website is http://www.janeheller.com.
Lucky Stars
A mother-daughter story that's set in Hollywood but should have mothers and daughters everywhere laughing out loud and nodding in recognition.
The heroine, Stacey Reiser, is a struggling actress in L.A. She's pushing thirty-five and still waiting for her Big Break, and she's on the fence about whether she should continue to pursue her dream or give it up and get a real job. Her widowed mother, Helen, who has recently moved to L.A. from Cleveland in order to be closer to her, is one of the great meddlers of all time. She's in Stacey's face about everything - her hair, her clothes, her boyfriends, you name it - and she drives Stacey nuts. All Stacey wants is for her mother to get a life. How could she ever have imagined that the life her mother gets is the life she desperately craves! Through a quirk of fate (or is it dumb luck?), Helen, a chronic complainer, finds a bone in her can of Fin's Premium Tuna and writes a nasty letter to the tuna fish company. To placate her, the company invites her to their cannery to inspect the premises, and while she's there, giving everybody a tongue lashing, the executives decide she should star in their new TV ad campaign. They love her no-nonsense attitude, her blunt manner, her "realness." No sooner does her first ad run then she becomes a huge celebrity (remember Clara Peller, the "Where's the beef?" lady from the old Wendy's commercials?). Suddenly, she's the actress in the family, not Stacey. What's more, after years of criticizing Stacey's choices in men, now it's Helen who's got a boyfriend - a guy with a very checkered past. The question is: should Stacey meddle in her mother's business, the way her mother has always meddled in hers? The answer's yes, because it just might mean saving Helen's life. A comic tale that every mother and daughter will relate to, the novel will combine elements of romance and suspense for a rousing good read.
Optioned by Lakeshore Entertainment for a feature film.
Jane Heller's Summer Reading List
The Quality Of Life Report
by Meghan Daum
A novel about a NYC television reporter who moves to the midwest.
The Wife
by Meg Wolitzer
A novel about a woman who contemplates leaving her superstar author husband.
The Pursuit of Alice Thrift
by Elinor Lipman
A novel about a workaholic doctor who falls for a con man.
Sushi for Beginners
by Marian Keyes
A novel about three women and their search for happiness.
Islands
by Anne Rivers Siddons
The latest novel by the bestselling author. I don't have a description because it's not out until September. I'm hoping to read it over Labor Day weekend!
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