Xaviera Hollander

Xaviera Hollander (born June 15, 1943 in Surabaya, Indonesia, of a Jewish father and Roman Catholic mother) is a former call girl/madam, best known as the author of The Happy Hooker: My Own Story (1971, ISBN 0060014164).

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The book was notable for its frankness at the time and is considered a landmark of positive writing about sex. She has since written a number of other books and produced plays in Amsterdam. For many years, she wrote an advice column for Penthouse magazine called "Call Me Madame".

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Her latest book Child No More is the heartfelt story of Xaviera losing her mother. She also appeared on an album of celebrity covers of song by The Beatles where she sang "Michelle."

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