Hollywood Gossip
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Entertainment Bio
<p style="margin:0px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>"A somber, disturbing mystery fused with a scathing look at the fashion industry. </strong><strong>Mangin writes in a confident, razor-edged style."</strong><strong> - Kirkus Reviews</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>Condom dresses and space helmets have debuted on fashion runways.</strong></p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">A dead body becomes the trend when a coat made of human skin saunters down fashion's biggest stage. The body is identified as Annabelle Leigh, the teenager who famously disappeared over a decade ago from her boyfriend's New York City mansion.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">This new evidence casts suspicion back on the former boyfriend, Cecil LeClaire. Now a monk, he is forced to return to his dark and absurd childhood home to clear his name. He teams up with Ava Germaine, a renegade ex-model. And together, they investigate the depraved and lawless modeling industry behind Cecil's family fortune.</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 14px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">They find erotic canes, pet rats living in crystal castles, and dresses made of crushed butterfly wings. But Cecil finds more truth in the luxury goods than in the people themselves. Everyone he meets seems to be wearing a person-suit. Terrified of showing their true selves, the glitterati put on flamboyant public personas to make money and friends. Can Cecil find truth in a world built on lies?</p><p style="margin:-4px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><strong>In high fashion modeling, selling bodies is organized crime.</strong></p>
I am driven by creativity, passion, and a sense of adventure, and I spent twenty years in the entertainment industry. During that time, I documented the fascinating behavior of high profile people and celebrities in their natural habitats. I refer to it as research and living life’s adventures. I started writing about my experiences in my novel Hollywood Under the Covers. Fiction seems mild compared to what I have been exposed to, experienced, and witnessed.
Hollywood Gossip
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Housewife in Hollywood
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Long Beach Examiner
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<span style="line-height:normal;"><span><span></span></span></span><p class="paragraph_style_1" style="color:#ffffff;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:25px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;"><span class="style_1" style="font-size:18px;line-height:25px;color:#111111;"><span style="font-family:'Courier New';font-size:12px;">“One of the best books that I have ever read! It’s brilliant! I couldn’t put it down," Kilo Bones, United Kingdom <br /></span></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_1" style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:25px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;color:#111111;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:'Courier New';"><br /></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_1" style="color:#ffffff;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:25px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;"><span class="style_1" style="font-size:18px;line-height:25px;"><span style="color:#111111;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:'Courier New';">“It’s brilliant! Knight has her own style of writing and it’s addictive! A fantastic writer," Christina Bell, United Kingdom <br /></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_1" style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:25px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;color:#111111;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:'Courier New';"><br /></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_1" style="color:#ffffff;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:25px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;"><span class="style_1" style="font-size:18px;line-height:25px;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:'Courier New';"><span style="color:#111111;">“I so-o-o-o loved it! Can’t wait for the sequel," </span><span style="color:#111111;">Deborah Furtado-Thibault, Rhode Island<br /></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_1" style="color:#ffffff;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:25px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;"><span class="style_1" style="font-size:18px;line-height:25px;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:'Courier New';"><br /></span></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_2" style="color:#ffffff;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:19px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;"><span style="color:#111111;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:'Courier New';">“This is a real page-turner in the vein of a Judith Krantz novel, which displays the author's insider entertainment knowledge,” JG, Chicklit</span></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_1" style="font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:25px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;color:#111111;"><span class="style_1" style="font-size:18px;line-height:25px;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:'Courier New';"><br /></span></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_3" style="color:#ffffff;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:18px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:'Courier New';"><span class="style_1" style="font-size:18px;line-height:18px;color:#111111;">“I have never – NEVER – read a book that started the way </span><span class="style_2" style="font-size:18px;font-style:italic;line-height:18px;color:#111111;">Hollywood Under the Covers</span><span class="style_1" style="font-size:18px;line-height:18px;color:#111111;"> starts. My jaw was literally hanging open by the time I got to the end of the first page. And it’s not even a full page of print, so what does </span><span class="style_2" style="font-size:18px;font-style:italic;line-height:18px;color:#111111;">that</span><span class="style_1" style="font-size:18px;line-height:18px;color:#111111;"> tell you? I admit that I rarely finish a book in one sitting, but I did with this one! It instantly grabbed me by my ass and throat and didn’t let go. Much like the death-grip of Hollywood, actually. I think you’re my new hero. I LOVE HOLLYWOOD UNDER THE COVERS!!” Hilary, Hollywood Gossip<br /></span></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_3" style="color:#ffffff;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:18px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;"><span class="style_1" style="font-size:18px;line-height:18px;"><span style="color:#111111;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:'Courier New';"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_4" style="color:#ffffff;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:21px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;"><span class="style_1" style="font-size:18px;line-height:21px;"><span style="color:#111111;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:'Courier New';">“One word sums it up, YOWZA!” Suzanne, Housewife in Hollywood<br /></span></span></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_1" style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:25px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;color:#111111;"><span style="color:#111111;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:'Courier New';"><br /></span></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_1" style="color:#ffffff;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:25px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:'Courier New';"><br /></span></p><p class="paragraph_style_6" style="font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;padding-bottom:0pt;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;color:#111111;"><span class="style_4" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:'Courier New';"> </span></span></p>