Alesia Holliday

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Alesia Holliday
Pen nameAlyssa Day
Jax Abbott
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
Education Barnesville High School
Ohio State University
Capital University Law School (JD)
Website
alyssaday.com

Alesia Marie Holliday is an American author who writes under own name as well as the pseudonyms Alyssa Day and Jax Abbott. [1] She won a RITA Award, given by the Romance Writers of America for excellence in romantic fiction.

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Early life and education

Alesia Marie Holliday was raised in Barnesville, Ohio, and graduated from Barnesville High School in 1981. [2] She earned degrees from Ohio State University and Capital University Law School [3] (J.D., 1995). [4]

Writing career

While working as a trial lawyer, she began writing. [5] In 2003, Holliday published a memoir, eMail to the Front, of her correspondence with her husband while he was deployed with the United States Navy.

Her first novel, a chick lit book called American Idle, was published in 2004. The book launched Dorchester's making It imprint. Publishers Weekly described it as "zany" and "humorous." [6] Holliday says that her fiction writing style influenced her legal briefs, with one judge telling her "‘I love when you come before me, because your briefs are always so entertaining'". [5] To the surprise of her law colleagues, who considered her writing a hobby, Holliday soon quit law to write full-time. [5]

Holliday writes in multiple genres using multiple pseudonyms. Under her own name, she has written romantic comedies and mysteries. As Jax Abbott, she writes YA novels. As Alyssa Day, she writes paranormal romance. [1]

Bibliography

Writing as Alesia Holliday

Contemporary romance

  • American Idle (also in Spring Fling)
  • Santa Baby
  • The Naked Truth About Guys
  • 7 Ways To Lose Your Lover
  • Blondes Have More Felons

[7] [8]

Writing as Jax Abbott

Teen novels

  • Super Hero Prom
  • Super Hero Sweet 16

[7] [8]

Writing as Lucy Connors

Author is no longer using the pseudonym Lucy Connors

Teen novels

  • The Lonesome Young

[7] [8]

Writing as Alyssa Day

Non-fiction

  • E-Mail To The Front

[7] [8]

Poseidon's Warriors series

#TitleDate PublishedAlso In
0.1Halloween In AtlantisOct 2016
0.2Christmas In AtlantisDec 2016Christmas After Dark
1January In AtlantisJan 2018My Paranormal Valentine
2February In AtlantisMar 2018February and March in Atlantis
3March In AtlantisSep 2018February and March in Atlantis
4April In AtlantisNov 2018
5May In AtlantisSep 2019
6June In AtlantisDec 2020
7July In Atlantis?
8August In Atlantis?
9October In Atlantis?
10November In Atlantis?
11December In Atlantis?

[7] [8]

Warriors of Poseidon series

Related to Poseidon's Warriors

#US TitleUK Title and OverseasDate PublishedAlso In
1Atlantis RisingConlanMar 2007
1.5Wild Hearts In AtlantisBastienMay 2007Wild Thing
2Atlantis AwakeningVengeanceNov 2007
2.5Shifter's LadyEthanMar 2008Shifter
3Atlantis UnleashedJusticeJun 2009
4Atlantis UnmaskedAlexiosJul 2009
5Atlantis RedeemedBrennanMar 2010
6Atlantis BetrayedChristopheSep 2010
7Vampire In AtlantisDanielJun 2011
8Heart Of AtlantisAlaricDec 2012

[7] [8]

Cardinal Witches series

  1. Alejandro's Sorceress (also in Dark and Deadly)
  2. William's Witch (also in Taming The Vampire Anthology)
  3. Damon's Enchantress
  4. Jake's Djinn (also in Second Chances)

[7] [8]

Tiger's Eye Mysteries series

Author estimates this series will include 12 books

#TitleDate PublishedAlso In
0.5Travelling EyeMar 2016Red Sole Clues

Tiger's Eye Mysteries Volume 1

1Dead EyeDec 2015Tiger's Eye Mysteries Volume 1
2Private EyeApr 2016Tiger's Eye Mysteries Volume 1
3Evil EyeMar 2019
4Eye of DangerAug 2019
5Eye of the StormSep 2019
6A Dead End ChristmasMar 2020
7Apple of My Eye2020?
8Blink of an Eye2020?
9Eagle Eye2020?

[7] [8]

League of the Black Swan series

#TitleDate PublishedAlso InComments
1The CursedMay 2013
1.5Curse Of The Black SwanJul 2013Enthralled
2The Treasured?formerly named The Unforgiven

[7] [8]

Vampire Motorcycle Club

  1. Bane's Choice

[7]

Anthologies and collections

Anthology or CollectionContentsPublication DateWithComments
Wild Thing [9] Wild Hearts in AtlantisMay 2007 Maggie Shayne

Marjorie M. Liu

Meljean Brook

Shifter [10] Shifter's LadyMar 2008 Angela Knight

Lora Leigh

Virginia Kantra

The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance [11] The Princess and the PeasApr 2009 Trisha Telep

Ilona Andrews

Kelley Armstrong

Anya Bast

Meljean Brook

et al.

Enthralled [12] The Curse of the Black SwanJul 2013 Lora Leigh

Meljean Brook

Lucy Monroe

I Never Thought I'd See You Again [13] Persephone's GranddaughterJan 2013 Lou Aronica

Allison Brennan

Mary Hart Perry

C.B. Pratt

Dark and Deadly [14] Alejandro's SorceressApr 2014Jennifer Ashley

Felicity Heaton

Erin Kellison

Laurie London

Erin Quinn

Random:

A Short Story Collection [15]

The Princess and the Peas

Persephone's Granddaughter

Suzi Steletto: Recovering Demon Slayer

Suzi Steletto and the Giblet of Fire

Last Dance

July 2014
Spring Fling [16] American IdolMay 2015 Lori Handeland

Stephanie Julian

Aliyah Burke

Eileen Rendahl

Red Sole Clues [17] Traveler's EyeMar 2016Liliana Hart

Adrienne Giordano

Lori Ryan

Marquita Valentine

later renamed Travelling Eye
Taming The Vampire Anthology [18] William's WitchOct 2016 Mandy M. Roth

Michelle M. Pillow

Kristen Painter

Yasmine Galenorn

Colleen Gleason

Jennifer Ashley

Second Chances:

A Romance Writers of America Collection [19]

Jake's DjinnSep 2017J. Kenner

Tina Ferraro

Christina Lauren

Brandi Willis Schreiber

et al.

Tiger's Eye Mysteries Volume 1 [20] Travelling Eye

Dead Eye

Private Eye

May 2018was Traveler's Eye
February and March in Atlantis [21] February in Atlantis

March in Atlantis

Oct 2018
My Paranormal Valentine [22] January in AtlantisJan 2019 Lisa Kessler

Renee George

Abigail Owen

Debra Dunbar

Robyn Peterman

Michelle M. Pillow

Christmas After Dark [23] Christmas in AtlantisNov 2019Juliette Cross

Abigail Owen

Lisa Kessler

Nina Croft

Sheryl Nantus

Personal

Holliday's first two marriages were brief, ending in divorce. She was married to Michael D. Melching from June 16, 1985 [24] to February 6, 1987. [25] Holliday married Patrick R. Tourne on April 20, 1990 [26] and they were divorced on December 8, 1994. [27]

Holliday married her third husband Judson E. "Judd" McLevey II, a naval flight officer, on March 23, 1996. [28] They have two children. [29]

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