Carroll Baker
A Roman Tale. Fine, 1986.
A film actress who made a name for herself as a sex star tries to revive her
career in Italy.
Joan Blondell
Center Door Fancy.
Delacorte, 1972.
Actress Nora Martin narrates the story of her career, from 5-year old vaudeville
performer to Hollywood movie star to her marriage to three of the most glamorous
men around.
Dirk Bogarde
A Gentle Occupation. Knopf, 1980.
In the days following the
end of WWII, a small compliment of British troops on a Dutch East Indies island
must deal with returning POWs, with nationalist guerrillas, and with all the
men and women who endured the Japanese occupation.
Eric Bogosian
Perforated Heart. S&S, 2009.
For all his fame and success author Richard Morris has become an artistically embittered man, especially after losing a major award to a lesser talent. While recuperating from heart surgery, he finds his 30-year-old journals and re-discovers his young, ambitious artist self.
Bruce Boxleitner
Frontier Earth.Ace,
1999.
In 1881 Tombstone, Macklin
is just one of many without a past. But he is also a man without a memory. What
he doesn't know is that he is not of this world and has been sent to Earth to
warn of a coming invasion. Followed by: Frontier Earth: Searcher
(2001).
Marlon Brando (& Donald Cammell)
Fan-Tan.
Knopf, 2005.
While serving a jail sentence
in a Hong Kong prison, pirate Anatole Doultry saves the life of another prisoner
on a whim, whose employer happens to be a notorious Chinese gangster--the beautiful
and dangerous Madame Lai Choi San. Madame Lai thanks Doultry by promising to
make him rich beyond his wildest imaginatin...if he joins her in an audacious
act of high-seas piracy.
LeVar Burton
Aftermath.
Warner, 1997.
In a future marred by economic & political collapse and natural disaster,
a scientist who has invented a medical device that empowers people to heal themselves
from any disease is kidnapped. Her only hope lies with three strangers who must
band together to save the world from destruction.
Bruce Campbell
Make Love! The Bruce
Campbell Way.
T. Dunne, 2005.
This humorous autobiographical novel follows the efforts of the popular B-movie
actor (The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II,) as he attempts to crack the "A"
list when Mike Nichols requests him to play the role of a wisecracking doorman
in his next film, a hip update of Let's Make Love, with Renee Zellweger
and Richard Gere.
Joan Collins
Prime Time.
Linden, 1988.
Five actresses vie for the coveted role of Miranda Hamilton on a prime time
soap. One of them is Chloe Carriere, a talented and beautiful cabaret singer
from England, who watches her marriage break up as her career skyrockets. Also
by Joan Collins: Love & Desire & Hate (1990), Infamous
(1996).
Stephen Collins
Eye Contact.
Bantam, 1994.
Actress Nicolette Stallings' addiction to dangerous erotic encounters nearly
ruins her career and her life when one of her one-night stands commits suicide
in her apartment and makes it look like murder. Also by Stephen Collins: Double
Exposure. Morrow, 1998. Collins is best known for his lead role in
the TV series, Seventh Heaven.
Tom Conti
The Doctor.
Robson, 2006.
When one of the doctors he flies around Africa dies, Hal assumes his identity
in an attempt to escape his violent past as a Secret Operations Pilot with Intelligence
Services. But the life he has fled catches up with him. Conti won a Tony Award
for Who's Life is it Anyway? and received an Oscar nomination for Reuben,
Reuben (1983.)
Alan Cumming
Tommy's Tale.
Regan, 2002.
Tony-award winning (Cabaret) Cumming tells the story of hedonistic,
drug-using Tommy, who contemplates the choices he has made in his life as the
big 3-0 looms and he feels the urge to become a father. Cumming has appeared
in numerous films such as Spy Kids, GoldenEye, and X-Men 2.
Roxann Dawson (with Daniel Graham)
Entering Tenebrea.
Pocket, 2001.
She played B'Elanna Torres on Star Trek Voyager, which gives Dawson
inspiration for this trilogy featuring Earth outcast Andrea Flores, the only
survivor of an alien massacre who joins a mysterious and elite band known as
the Tenebrea and becomes one of its most valued agents. Followed by: Tenebrea's
Hope (2001) and Tenebrea Rising (2002).
James Doohan
The Rising.
Starlite, 1996.
Having lost his hand in battle, former ace pilot Peter Raeder becomes Flight
Engineer on the carrier Invincible, whose hand-picked crew must combat
pirate raiders and a traitor in their midst. Followed by: The Privateer
(1999) and The Independent Command (2000).
Michael Dorn
Time Blender.
(with Hilary Hemingway & Jeffrey P. Lindsay). HarperPrism, 1997.
An archaeologist travels to a remote volcanic island to investigate rumors about
the bizarre inhabitants of the island, only to find himself stranded in the
middle of a prehistoric nightmare.
Kirk Douglas
The Broken Mirror:
A Novella.
S&S, 1997.
Liberated from the concentration camp where his entire family was killed, a
German boy decides to deny his Jewish ethnicity, but ultimately realizes he
can neither hide from nor betray his past. Also by Kirk Douglas: Dance
With the Devil. (1990), The Gift (1992), Last
Tango in Brooklyn (1994).
Richard Dreyfuss (and Harry Turtledove)
The Two Georges.
TOR, 1996.
In this story of an alternate world, the American Revolution never happened,
and the North American Union is an integral part of the British Empire. But
the tranquility of the Union is threatened in the 1990s by ruthless terrorists
called the Sons of Liberty.
Ron Ely
Night Shadows.
S&S, 1994.
Jake Sands, former special anti-terrorist agent, has lived a withdrawn existence
following the double murders of his wife and child. But a murder in a posh Santa
Barbara enclave draws him, against his will, out of the shadows.
Carrie Fisher
Postcards from the
Edge. S&S,
1987.
Chronicles the topsy-turvy world of actress Suzanne Vale who is dealing with
her drug problem, her up-and-down career, and her mother-not necessarily in
that order. Also by Carrie Fisher: Surrender the Pink (1990),
Delusions of Grandma (1994), The Best Awful (2003).
Jonathan Frakes
The Abductors: Conspiracy.
(with Dean Wesley). TOR, 1996.
While investigating a teenager's disappearance, skeptical ex-cop Richard McCallum
uncovers an extraterrestrial plot to infiltrate humankind as part of a conquest
of Earth.
Joseph Gannascoli (with Allen
C, Kupfer)
A Meal to Die For.
Forge, 2006.
Maybe Gannascoli knew that his character on the Sopranos was going to be whacked
and decided to forge a second career for himself. While preparing a ten-course
meal for some of his old mafia friends, Benny Lacoco knows that someone in their
inner circle is going to turn rat.
Ruth Gordon
Shady Lady.
Arbor, 1981.
A Midwestern girl with anything but Midwestern morals roars through Chicago
to New York and bursts into flapper glory as a Ziegfeld girl-both on and off
stage.
Gene Hackman (and Daniel Lenihan)
Wake of the Perdido
Star. Newmarket,
1999.
Soon after his family arrives in Cuba, Jack O'Reilly's parents are murdered,
and Jack escapes on the Perdido Star, the boat that brought him and
his parents from the States. The ocean becomes his only home and Jack ultimately
becoming the leader of a pirate group. By the same authors: Justice
for None (St. Martin's, 2004).
Ethan Hawke
The Hottest State.
LB, 1998.
After he meets Sarah in a bar, William is catapulted into a world of tenderness
and shame, and in the six months he spends with her, he comes to know the ache
of first love and the grief it leaves behind. By the same author: Ash Wednesday
(2002).
Helen Hayes and Thomas Chastain
Where the Truth
Lies. Morrow,
1988.
At the Academy Awards ceremony, authoritarian film producer Arthur Strickland
is murdered on-stage and on camera in front of millions of viewers, yet no one
sees the killer.
Hugh Laurie
The Gun Seller.
Soho, 1997, 1996.
The multi-talent star of TV's House penned this British spy spoof wherein
a sometimes bodyguard Thomas Lang turns down a hit and warns the intended victim.
Lang is quickly embroiled with the British bureaucrats, arms dealers, the CIA,
and international terrorists.
Janet Leigh
House of Destiny.
Mira, 1995.
Basque worker Jude Abavas strikes up a friendship with rising movie star Wade
Colby at a Sun Valley ski resort. After a personal tragedy sends Jude to Hollywood,
he joins forces with Wade to form their own production company to take on the
major Hollywood studios and change the course of history. By the same author:
The Dream Factory (2002).
Ann-Marie MacDonald
Fall on Your Knees.
S&S, 1996.
Toronto-based writer and actress MacDonald crafted this generation saga of ambition,
lust and tragedy revolving around a Nova Scotia family. It was chosen in 2002
as only the second Canadian novel to be featured by Oprah Winfrey for her book
club. By the same author: The Way the Crow Flies (2003).
Steve Martin
Shopgirl.
Hyperion, 2000.
Mirabelle, a beautiful aspiring artist who pays the rent by selling gloves at
the Beverly Hills Neiman Marcus, captures the attention of Ray Porter, a wealthy,
lonely businessman. As Ray and Mirabelle tentatively embark on a relationship,
they both struggle to decipher the language of love.
Sarah Miles
Beautiful Morning.
Orion, 1999, 1998.
A film designer disillusioned with Hollywood returns to the "sanity" of England
and falls in with an eccentric family whose appetite for love may bring happiness
or danger.
Nichelle Nichols
Saturn's Child.
(with Margaret Wander Bonanno). G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1995.
When a human starship commander falls in love with the heir to the throne of
the non-human Fazis, she bears a child in violation of the laws of both races.
David Niven
Go Slowly, Come
back Quickly.
Doubleday, 1981.
The humorous escapades of Stani Sklolimowski, a young man of Polish extraction,
football star, RAF pilot, stunt man & photographer in wartime Britain.
Jennifer O'Neill
A Fall Together.
B&H, 2006.
Seven women in a small southern town share friendship, gossip, heart-ache and
prayer.
Mickey Rooney
The Search for Sonny
Skies. Carol,
1994.
A jaded, alcoholic ex-gossip columnist and a TV producer who are working together
on a documentary about 1930s child star Sonny Skies, investigate his supposed
death in the D-Day invasion and find themselves hip-deep in intrigue at the
Pentagon, a murder in Los Angeles, and Sonny's grave in France, a grave devoid
of human remains.
Isabel Rose
The J.A.P. Chronicles.
Doubleday, 2005.
Respected documentary filmmaker Ali Cohen eagerly accepts an invitation by the
owners of the Willow Lake Camp to film their 100th anniversary celebration.
For Ali, the victim of severe hazing by six other girls when she attended the
camp, it is the chance to get some sweet revenge.
William Shatner
Believe.
(with Michael Tobias). Berkley, 1992.
Is there life after death? The question pits Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle against each other. Also by William Shatner: Man o' War
(1996), The Law of War (1998).
More by William Shatner
Tek Series:
Ex-cop Jake Cardigan is framed for dealing an addictive brain stimulant known
as Tek and is sentenced to 15 years in suspended animation on an orbiting penal
colony as a result. Mysteriously released after serving only 4 years, Jake is
returned to Los Angeles (2010 Los Angeles, that is) where a detective agency
hires him to find a stolen anti-Tek device.
TekWar.
Putnam, 1989.
TekLords. Putnam, 1991.
Tek Lab. Putnam, 1991.
Tek Vengeance. Putnam, 1992.
Tek Secret. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1993.
Tek Power. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1994.
Tek Money. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1995.
Tek Kill. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1996.
Tek Net. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1997.
Other Series by William Shatner
Star Trek Series:
The Ashes of Eden.
(with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. Pocket, 1995.
The Return. (with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. Pocket,
1996.
Avenger. (with Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens.)
Pocket, 1997.
Spectre. (with Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens).
Pocket, 1998.
Dark Victory. (with Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens.)
Pocket, 1999.
Preserver. (with Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves
Stevens.) Pocket, 2001.
Quest for Tomorrow Series:
In Alien Hands.
HarperPrism, 1997.
Delta Search. HarperPrism, 1997.
Step into Chaos. HarperPrism, 1999.
Beyond the Stars. HarperPrism, 2000.
Sam Shepard
Cruising Paradise:
Tales. Knopf,
1996.
40 tales of loneliness, desperation, self-destruction, and the arbitrariness
of life.
Courtney Thorne-Smith
Outside In.
Broadway, 2007.
Soap-opera actress Kate Keyes-Morgan finds herself in the middle of her own
daytime drama when her husband leave her for a ruthless on-set diva.
Meg Tilly
Singing Songs.
Dutton, 1994.
Tilly (Agnes of God, The Big Chill) tells the coming-of-age story of
Anna and her large self-destructive family, broken by abuse and incest. By the
same author: Gemma (2006).
Thomas Tryon
Night Magic.
S&S, 1995.
An amateur magician is approached by a mysterious old man outside of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art who offers him a taste of true sorcery and is torn between the
human life he has been following and the dark world of mystical arts that threatens
to overtake him and the woman he loves. Also by Thomas Tryon: The Other
(1971), Harvest Home (1973), Lady (1974),
Crowned Heads (1976), All That Glitters 1986),
Night of the Moonbow(1989), The Wings of the Morning(1990),and
In the Fires of Spring (1992).
Peter Ustinov
Monsieur Rene
Prometheus, 1999
Who needs spies when there are waiters, concierges, and valets? That's what
self-appointed revolutionary humanitarian M. René asks as he hatches
a plan to form a conspiracy of servants to spy on the actions of their clients.
Also by Peter Ustinov: Add a Dash of Pity and Other Short Stories
(1959), The Loser (1960), The Frontiers of the Sea
(1966), Life is an Operetta and Other Short Stories (1966),
Krumnagel (1971), and The Disinformer: Two Novellas
(1989).
Gene Wilder
My French Whore.
St. Martin's, 2007.
In 1918, German-speaking Paul Peachy, an unassuming train conductor decides
to enlist. Paul is also an amateur actor and his talents come in handy when
he later deserts and passes himself off as German spy Harry Stroller, enjoying
all of his perks including a French prostitute named Annie Breton, who he gradually
comes to care for.
Billy Dee Williams (and Rob MacGregor)
Psi/Net.
TOR, 1999.
Former Air Force Major Trent Calloway is haunted by his past as a psychic spy
for the CIA because the unknown drug he and the other psychic spies unwittingly
took has bound them together in a deadly psychic nexus, a "PSI net."
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