Today our guest author is Lindy S. Hudis, author of the crime thriller, Hollywood Underworld.
Thank you for playing Book Trivia with us!
In the old movie Castaway,
if Tom Hanks unearthed a copy of Urbex Predator,
how would that help Tom find a way off the island?
Love Tom Hanks, lol. Not sure if Hollywood Underworld would be of any use for assistance in escaping a desert island, but it would sure be a fun way to pass the time! It’s literally a beach read. Also, one of the characters is a big believer in the power of positive thinking (in my book, not the Tom Hanks movie). That may help him get rescued, maybe?
Everyone knows Miley
Cyrus is the wild child in the music business.
But she read your book and wants to let you know that it changed her
life for the better. Why did your book give
Miley a new lease on life?
Perhaps my story could be an inspiration to her? She could start her own talent business and look all over Hollywood for the next big star? Perhaps open her own private detective agency? She seems to be a lady of many talents and there are so many aspiring artists just waiting to get discovered, in my book and in real life! Having been a performer myself, I know how hard it can be.
A homeless man was caught stealing your book out of a bookstore. When asked why he did it, he opened the book and pointed a passage out. What was that passage?
The passage where the young man from the Chicago projects come to Hollywood and gets discovered by the biggest casting director in Hollywood. Everybody has a dream and sometimes they do come true.
You have a chance to appear on the hit talent show for authors, American Book Idol, and the mighty judges will determine whether your book will make it to Hollywood and become a big screenplay. What would impress them more – your book cover, an excerpt, your best review or something else – and why?
Well, since I am already in Hollywood and have written several screenplays, I would introduce the judges to my husband and manager and hope they may want to co-produce with us.Any connection in the town helps!
Finally, you just got
word that your book has received the 2023 NY Times Bestselling Book Award and
you have to attend the ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel in Manhattan. Anyone who’s anyone will be
there and it’s your shot for stardom. On stage, you must give an
acceptance speech. What would you say and who would you thank?
I would like to thank all my instructors at New York University for all the wisdom and knowledge they shared with me. I would like to thank Tisch School of the Arts at NYU for teaching me everything I needed to know. I would also hope that my NYU Alumni friends would be present. That would be a reunion to remember.
She is the author of several titles, including her romance suspense novel, Weekends, her “Hollywood” story City of Toys, and her crime novel, Crashers. Her latest release, “Hollywood Underworld – A Hollywood Series” is the first installment of a crime, mystery series.
In addition, she has written several erotic short stories, including “The S&M Club”, “The Backstage Pass”, “Guitar God”, “The Guitarist”, and “The Mile High Club”.
Her short film “The Lesson”, which she wrote, produced and directed, has won numerous awards, including ‘Best Short Film’ at the Paris International Film Festival, The Beverly Hills Arthouse Film Festival and the San Fransisco International Film Festival.
She is also an actress, having appeared in the indie film Expressionism, the television daytime drama “Sunset Beach”, also “Married with Children” , “Beverly Hills 90210” and the feature film “Indecent Proposal” . She and her husband, Hollywood stuntman Stephen Hudis, have formed their own production company called Impact Motion Pictures, and have several projects and screenplays in development. She lives in California with her husband and two children.
Website & Social Media:
Website/Blog ➜ https://lindyinparadise.wordpress.com/
Twitter ➜ https://twitter.com/Lindyscribe
Facebook ➜ https://www.facebook.com/LindyScribe/
Instagram ➜ https://www.instagram.com/lindys.hudis
Goodreads ➜ https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6470478.Lindy_S_Hudis
His personal manager, Dani Foxx, is a seductive former actress with spunk, guts and a take-no-prisoners attitude. She lives in the Woodland Hills section of the San Fernando Valley with her teenage daughter. They must survive and protect each other in the world’s most glamorous and sin-filled city. Then an unidentified body discovered under the Santa Monica pier is found to belong to the up-and-coming young actor.
Dani’s partner, the dashing and charismatic A.J. Tarentella, is the son of a mob boss, raised in a ruthless crime family. He now is the proud owner of the Tarantella Agency, a Private Investigation Company located in the heart of Beverly Hills. He used his father’s work ethic, connections and family ties to build his powerful business empire, and now he is always there to help those in need.
When another gorgeous nubile actress on the brink of getting her breakout role mysteriously vanishes as the body of a beautiful young girl is discovered in Runyon Canyon Park in the Hollywood Hills, Dani realizes this is no coincidence. Who is targeting young Hollywood stars? And more importantly, how can Dani stop them before the next body surfaces?
Together, A. J. and Dani find themselves tangled in a web of organized crime, Hollywood secrets, and a vengeful faded movie star with a lethal vendetta.
5.0 out of 5 stars Tinseltown’s Seedy Underbelly Exposed
PRAISE:
“They say Hollywood is a dream factory, and having worked in the film business myself, I can say that can be true. But the reality behind the facade can sometimes be the stuff of nightmares. For every big break, there’s a thousand broken dreams. And for every actor hustling to land a role, there’s another who decides the compromises required just aren’t worth the damage it does to a person’s soul. This novel is about reality, the pain, the moral compromises, the crime, and the shattered lives that litter the streets behind the scenes. This book, though fiction has a lot of truth in it, and the novelist pulls no punches. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!” – Amazon
Hollywood Underworld is available at Amazon.
