Jessica Brody made pizzas at her parent’s restaurant, Bourbon Street Original Pizza Bar and Grill in Greenwood Village. And waited tables and washed dishes. The pizzeria’s shuttered, but she’s going strong. Writing.
Brody, 28, says it was probably Mr. Reeves’ creative writing course at Ponderosa High in 1997 that gave her the bug. Sure, she got sidetracked a bit. She went on to Smith College to study French and economics. Then she moved to L.A. and took a real job. Now, she has a book coming out in June, with three more in the works.
“It’s all very exciting,” she says. “It’s been a whirlwind.”
She’ll be at the Tattered Cover Colfax on June 18 with the first book, “The Fidelity Files,” from St. Martin’s.
Brody explains the scandalous plot: A beautiful L.A. woman goes undercover as a “fidelity inspector.”
She’s hired by wives to come on to their husbands, and if the unsuspecting sucker falls for it, she shuts him down and gives him a black card with a scarlet “A” on it. On the flip side, is the phone number: 866-348- 0430. A voice message tell him he’s been busted — and his wife gets the news. A card comes with each book. Of course, true love inconveniently butts its head in. Doesn’t it always?
A sequel will be out June 2009. And she has two young-adult books coming out. And maybe a TV/movie deal. Better than making pizzas, any day.
Teacher’s pet.
Maxim magazine may not listen to albums before reviewing them, but it wants us to listen up to what Brittney Schreiner has to say. She’s from Fort Collins and is a contestant in Maxim’s Hometown Hotties competition.
You can vote for her at &hottieId=12436.
So what does she tell us in Maxim?
What fun fact, talent or mutant superpower of yours should guys know about? “I am really good at tying a cherry stem with my tongue.”
What’s the most memorable pickup line you’ve ever heard?
“I may not be the best looking guy in here, but I’m the only one talking to you.”
What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done? “I have had a ton of crazy days, but the first thing that comes to mind recently is hitting on a professor.”
Junk and TAG.
Looks like the legendary 115-year-old Red Onion in Aspen will be taken over by the people who run N9NE, the Playboy Club and Ghostbar in the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas. It’ll be called Junk at the Red Onion. . . . And we hear chef Troy Guard is poised to take over a retail space in Larimer Square and turn it into a restaurant, possibly named TAG, his initials.
City spirit.
Brad Roulier’s new club, Beta, opens in the former Rise spot at 1909 Blake St. this weekend — starting with Sharam tonight. . . . Regas Christou has a new club opening March 28 called Bar Standard. . . . Sez who: “Oh, you hate your job? Why didn’t you say so? There’s a support group for that. It’s called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.” — Drew Carey
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