Alesia Holliday is an American author who writes under own name as well as the pseudonyms Alyssa Day and Jax Abbott. She won a RITA Award, given by the Romance Writers of America for excellence in romantic fiction.

Early life and education

Alesia Marie Holliday was raised in Barnesville, Ohio, and graduated from Barnesville High School in 1981. She earned degrees from

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and

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(J.D., 1995).

Writing career

While working as a trial lawyer, she began writing. In 2003, Holliday published a memoir, ''eMail to the Front'', of her correspondence with her husband while he was deployed with the United States Navy. Her first novel, a

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book called ''American Idle'', was published in 2004. The book launched Dorchester's making It imprint. ''Publishers Weekly'' described it as "zany" and "humorous." Holliday says that her fiction writing style influenced her legal briefs, with one judge telling her "‘I love when you come before me, because your briefs are always so entertaining'". To the surprise of her law colleagues, who considered her writing a hobby, Holliday soon quit law to write full-time. Holliday writes in multiple genres using multiple pseudonyms. Under her own name, she has written romantic comedies and mysteries. As Jax Abbott, she writes YA novels. As Alyssa Day, she writes paranormal romance.

Bibliography

Writing as Alesia Holliday

Contemporary romance

* ''American Idle'' (also in Spring Fling) * ''Santa Baby'' * ''The Naked Truth About Guys'' * ''7 Ways To Lose Your Lover'' * ''Blondes Have More Felons''

Writing as Jax Abbott

Teen novels

* ''Super Hero Prom'' * ''Super Hero Sweet 16''

Writing as Lucy Connors

Author is no longer using the pseudonym Lucy Connors

Teen novels

* ''The Lonesome Young''

Writing as Alyssa Day

Non-fiction

* ''E-Mail To The Front''

Poseidon's Warriors series

Warriors of Poseidon series

Related to Poseidon's Warriors

Cardinal Witches series

# ''Alejandro's Sorceress'' (also in Dark and Deadly) # ''William's Witch'' (also in Taming The Vampire Anthology) # ''Damon's Enchantress'' # ''Jake's Djinn'' (also in Second Chances)

Tiger's Eye Mysteries series

Author estimates this series will include 12 books

League of the Black Swan series

Vampire Motorcycle Club

# ''Bane's Choice''

Anthologies and collections

Personal

Holliday's first two marriages were brief, ending in divorce. She was married to Michael D. Melching from June 16, 1985 to February 6, 1987. Holliday married Patrick R. Tourne on April 20, 1990 and they were divorced on December 8, 1994. Holliday married her third husband Judson E. "Judd" McLevey II, a naval flight officer, on March 23, 1996. They have two children.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holliday, Alesia Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Barnesville, Ohio Ohio State University alumni Capital University Law School alumni RITA Award winners Pseudonymous women writers 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American women writers Novelists from Ohio 21st-century pseudonymous writers