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A Hollywood Memoir
by Susan McNabb
A shy young woman traveled from North Carolina to Hollywood in 1984, and within a mere few decades, struggled and clawed her way up to become the opposite of famous.
Susan McNabb worked on thousands of jobs as a model, actor, and extra, as an assistant to casting, wardrobe, makeup, and finally, to Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Single well into her forties, McNabb rubbed elbows and other body parts with scores of interesting men, including Jerry Seinfeld for eight rocky years. This hilarious collection of essays chronicles her adventures and a life of dogged persistence in a business that shows you the door more often than a path to success. Learn what it takes to work as a fashion model, a commercial actor, a film extra, and a butt double. And to build a rich life in which the journey is the real reward.
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Susan McNabb is the author of The Opposite of Famous, A Hollywood Memoir, a collection of funny essays about her three decades working as a model, commercial actor, film extra, and in various other jobs, including road manager for Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.
She also wrote "Tryon Diary," a column for the Tryon Daily Bulletin, "The World's Smallest Daily Newspaper," in which she chronicled her adjustment to small-town life in North Carolina after living in Los Angeles.
Susan grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, and received an English literature degree from the University of Tennessee before moving to L.A. to pursue modeling.
Now living in Phoenix with her husband and dogs, Susan sends in "Postcards from Phoenix" to the Tryon Daily Bulletin and spends her summers in Tryon.
You can visit Susan at www.susanmcnabb.com or on Facebook, Goodreads, or Twitter.
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