Victoria Foyt is an American

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, best known for her books ''The Virtual Life of Lexie Diamond''
''Valentine to Faith''
and '' Save the Pearls: Revealing Eden''. Foyt has written articles for magazines such as ''

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'', '' O at Home'', and '' Film & Video''.

Biography

Foyt married

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in 1991 and divorced him in 2013. They met after Jaglom viewed a postcard promoting a play Foyt was performing in. In 2012, Foyt founded the publishing company ''Sand Dollar Press''.

Film career

Foyt co-wrote and starred in four feature films, all of which were directed by Jaglom. The pair first worked together in 1994's '' Babyfever'' and filmed ''

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'' in 1997, which was partially inspired by how Jaglom and Foyt met. Foyt wrote and directed the short film ''The Sweet Spot'', which starred

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. ''The Sweet Spot'' was shown in several film festivals, including '' PBS on Hollywood: Fine Cut'', the

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, and the

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. In 2005, she starred in Jaglom's ''

Going Shopping ''Going Shopping'' is a 2005 American romance film directed by Henry Jaglom and stars Victoria Foyt, Rob Morrow, Lee Grant, Mae Whitman, Juliet Landau and Hilary Shepard. Plot Cast * Victoria Foyt as Holly Gilmore * Rob Morrow as Miles * Lee G ...

''.

''Save the Pearls'' criticism

Foyt received criticism for her self-published novel '' Save the Pearls: Revealing Eden'', a

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novel in which people of African descent are the "ruling class". Some reviewers of an early excerpt described elements of the novel as racist, including the use of the term "coal". The science fiction and fantasy magazine ''

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'' announced that it would publish an excerpt from the novel in one of its first issues under new ownership, but after readers threatened a boycott, the planned publication was cancelled. Foyt responded to the criticism by stating that she had not intended the book's contents or advertising to be racist, and that her intention was to write a novel addressing the issue of

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Filmography

* '' Babyfever'', 1994 * ''

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'', 1995 * ''

'', 1997 * ''

'', 2005 * ''The Sweet Spot'' (as writer and director)

Bibliography

Novels

''Valentine to Faith'' (2020) ''The Virtual Life of Lexie Diamond'' (2007)

Save the Pearls

# ''

Revealing Eden ''Save the Pearls: Revealing Eden'' is a 2012 young adult novel by American author Victoria Foyt and the first book in the Save the Pearls series. The book is set in a post-apocalyptic dystopian society and follows the titular character of Eden as ...

'' (2012) # ''Adapting Eden'' (2013)

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