Writer Jackie Collins on why Hollywood is the inspiration for many of her bestselling novels.
At the age of age of 15 Jackie Collins was expelled from school in London and moved to America. Her knowledge and experience of living in Hollywood provides constant inspiration for her novels, frequently depicting the lives and loves of the rich and famous.
I love Hollywood, I think it’s a fascinating town to write about.
Jackie Collins’ most commercially successful novel, 'Hollywood Wives' was published in 1983. Her latest novel 'Hollywood Wives: The New Generation’ is based on her observation,
All the old wives had been put out to pasture and that all these revisiting 60 something year old men were now married to 30 something year old women.
Jackie Collins sees the new wives want to have the same level of success as their spouses. ‘Hollywood Wives: The New Generation’ exposes this trend, reprising the ‘Hollywood Wives’ character Montana Gray.
Jackie Collins is proud that she gets people reading and into bookshops. While her novels are fiction, she enjoys embellishing her characters based on people she knows,
My readers love playing the guessing game.
The Hollywood wives who read the version of themselves in Jackie Collins's books are less than flattered by their portrayal.
They are not very happy, they don't read the book, they just don't like the title 'Hollywood Wives'.
This episode of ‘The Late Late Show’ was broadcast on 9 November 2001. The presenter is Pat Kenny.
