And Hollywood Be Her Name

About the Book

It is 1973, and a blue-eyed predator is on the loose in Hollywood. Actress DANIELLE HOPE’S professional future depends upon a movie she has just produced. The film’s financier is suddenly murdered. In need of post-production funds, Danielle’s partner turns to the man with the cerulean eyes. Armed with a brief case and an ink pen the smooth-talking charlatan entices ED HOPE, Danielle’s grandfather, to mortgage his home. Ed is promised a large profit in return. The swindler absconds with the money and the film. Will Danielle’s dreams of success and her family’s home be stolen by this diabolical con artist?

About the Author

NIVA RUSCHELL an actress, moved to Hollywood in 1967. Niva got her fi rst acting break when Melvin Van Peebles cast her in his movie Sweet Sweetback’s Badasss Song—the fi rst Blaxplotation fi lm that launched a new Hollywood genre. Niva wrote and produced her own independent fi lm in 1973. Niva has also performed in numerous TV commercials and television and stage productions. Niva Ruschell was nominated as Outstanding Supporting Actress by the NAACP Image Awards for her portrayal of EUNICE in the stage production of A Streetcar Named Desire.