The World is Full of Married Men: introduced by Fanny Blake

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It all started withThe World is Full of Married Men, the debut novel from global multi-million copy bestseller and literary superstar, Jackie Collins.

Includes a brilliant introduction from Fanny Blake, talking about what this book and Jackie means to her!

'Jackie's books were like nothing else I'd read, showcasing a world a million miles away from my own' FANNY BLAKE

David Cooper cheats on his wife. She doesn't cheat and that suits him . . . until he meets Claudia and wants out of his marriage. Claudia has other plans. She is going to be a star, and she'll do anything to make it. Just name a price.

From casting couches and broken promises to lavish parties and plush hotel suites: welcome to Hollywood.

There have been many imitators, but only ever one Jackie Collins. With millions of her books sold around the world, and thirty-oneNew York Timesbestsellers, she is one of the worlds top-selling novelists. From glamorous Beverly Hills bedrooms to Hollywood movie studios; from glittering rock concerts to the yachts of billionaires, Jackie chronicled the scandalous lives of the rich, famous, and infamous from the inside looking out.

'A true inspiration, a trail blazer for women's fiction'JILLY COOPER
Jackie shows us all what being a strong, successful woman means at any age MILLY JOHNSON
Jackie will never be forgotten, shell always inspire me to #BeMoreJackie JILL MANSELL
Jackies heroines dont take off their clothes to please a man, but to please themselves CLARE MACKINTOSH
Legend is a word used too lightly for so many undeserving people, but Jackie is the very definition of the word ALEX KHAN
What Jackie knew how to do so well, is to tell a thumping good story ROWAN COLEMAN
Jackie wrote with shameless ambition, ruthless passion and pure diamond-dusted sparkle CATHERINE STEADMAN
Here is a woman who not only wanted to entertain her readers, but also to teach them something; about the world and about themselves ISABELLE BROOM
Lessons galore on every page about feminism, equality, tolerance and love CARMEL HARRINGTON
Jackie is the queen of cliff-hangers SAMANTHA TONGE
For all her trademark sass, there is a moralist at work here LOUISE CANDLISH
Nobody does it quite like Jackie and nobody ever will SARRA MANNING
Jackie bought a bit of glitter, sparkle and sunshine into our humdrum existence VERONICA HENRY
Jackie wrote about Hollywood with total authenticity, breaking all the rules and taboos BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD
Collins was saying that women didnt have to centre round men, either in books or in life JESSIE BURTON
Jackie lived the Hollywood dream, but, she looked sideways at it, and then shared the dirt with her readers JULIET ASHTON
What radiates from her novels, is a sense that women are capable of great things ALEXANDRA HEMINSLEY

Author Bio

Jackie Collins has been called a raunchy moralist by the director Louis Malle and Hollywoods own Marcel Proust byVanity Fair. With over 500 million copiesof her books sold in more than forty countries, and with thirty-twoNew York Timesbestsellers to her credit, she is one of the worlds top-selling novelists. Six of her novels have been adapted for film or TV. Collins was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) by the Queen of England in 2013 for her services to literature and charity. When accepting the honor she said to the Queen, Not bad for a school drop-outa revelation capturing her belief that both passion and determination can lead to big dreams coming true. She lived in Beverly Hills where she had a front-row seat to the lives she so accurately captured in her compulsive plotlines. She was a creative force, a trailblazer for women in fiction, and in her own words a kick-ass writer!Her fascinating life as a writer and icon is explored in the CNN Films and Netflix documentaryLady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story. Discover more at JackieCollins.com.