Alesia Holliday

Alesia Holliday
Pen nameAlyssa Day
Jax Abbott
OccupationAuthor
NationalityAmerican
EducationBarnesville 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.

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

# Title Date Published Also In
0.1 Halloween In Atlantis Oct 2016
0.2 Christmas In Atlantis Dec 2016 Christmas After Dark
1 January In Atlantis Jan 2018 My Paranormal Valentine
2 February In Atlantis Mar 2018 February and March in Atlantis
3 March In Atlantis Sep 2018 February and March in Atlantis
4 April In Atlantis Nov 2018
5 May In Atlantis Sep 2019
6 June In Atlantis Dec 2020
7 July In Atlantis ?
8 August In Atlantis ?
9 October In Atlantis ?
10 November In Atlantis ?
11 December In Atlantis ?

[7][8]

Warriors of Poseidon series

Related to Poseidon's Warriors

# US Title UK Title and Overseas Date Published Also In
1 Atlantis Rising Conlan Mar 2007
1.5 Wild Hearts In Atlantis Bastien May 2007 Wild Thing
2 Atlantis Awakening Vengeance Nov 2007
2.5 Shifter's Lady Ethan Mar 2008 Shifter
3 Atlantis Unleashed Justice Jun 2009
4 Atlantis Unmasked Alexios Jul 2009
5 Atlantis Redeemed Brennan Mar 2010
6 Atlantis Betrayed Christophe Sep 2010
7 Vampire In Atlantis Daniel Jun 2011
8 Heart Of Atlantis Alaric Dec 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

# Title Date Published Also In
0.5 Travelling Eye Mar 2016 Red Sole Clues

Tiger's Eye Mysteries Volume 1

1 Dead Eye Dec 2015 Tiger's Eye Mysteries Volume 1
2 Private Eye Apr 2016 Tiger's Eye Mysteries Volume 1
3 Evil Eye Mar 2019
4 Eye of Danger Aug 2019
5 Eye of the Storm Sep 2019
6 A Dead End Christmas Mar 2020
7 Apple of My Eye 2020?
8 Blink of an Eye 2020?
9 Eagle Eye 2020?

[7][8]

League of the Black Swan series

# Title Date Published Also In Comments
1 The Cursed May 2013
1.5 Curse Of The Black Swan Jul 2013 Enthralled
2 The Treasured ? formerly named The Unforgiven

[7][8]

Vampire Motorcycle Club

  1. Bane's Choice

[7]

Anthologies and collections

Anthology or Collection Contents Publication Date With Comments
Wild Thing[9] Wild Hearts in Atlantis May 2007 Maggie Shayne

Marjorie M. Liu

Meljean Brook

Shifter[10] Shifter's Lady Mar 2008 Angela Knight

Lora Leigh

Virginia Kantra

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

Ilona Andrews

Kelley Armstrong

Anya Bast

Meljean Brook

et al.

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

Meljean Brook

Lucy Monroe

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

Allison Brennan

Mary Hart Perry

C.B. Pratt

Dark and Deadly[14] Alejandro's Sorceress Apr 2014 Jennifer 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 Idol May 2015 Lori Handeland

Stephanie Julian

Aliyah Burke

Eileen Rendahl

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

Adrienne Giordano

Lori Ryan

Marquita Valentine

later renamed Travelling Eye
Taming The Vampire Anthology[18] William's Witch Oct 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 Djinn Sep 2017 J. Kenner

Tina Ferraro

Christina Lauren

Brandi Willis Schreiber

et al.

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

Dead Eye

Private Eye

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

March in Atlantis

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

Renee George

Abigail Owen

Debra Dunbar

Robyn Peterman

Michelle M. Pillow

Christmas After Dark[23] Christmas in Atlantis Nov 2019 Juliette 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]

References

  1. ^ a b Florand, Laura (28 February 2007), Guest Multipersonality Disorder patient: Alesia Holliday, Laura Florand, retrieved 3 February 2020
  2. ^ Senrab 1981. Vol. 62. Barnesville High School. p. 117.
  3. ^ Day, Alyssa, Biography, AlyssaDay.com, retrieved 3 February 2020
  4. ^ 2006–2007 Dean's Annual Report (PDF). Columbus, Ohio: Capital University Law School. p. 50.
  5. ^ a b c Silber, Maria (17 August 2017), "These attorneys practiced law by day – and wove stories of seduction by night", The Washington Post, retrieved 3 Feb 2020
  6. ^ "American Idle", Publishers Weekly, 26 July 2004, retrieved 3 Feb 2020
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Alyssa Day Books". Alyssa Day. April 20, 2020. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Book List" (PDF). Alyssa Day. Apr 20, 2020.
  9. ^ "Wild Thing". Good Reads. April 20, 2020. Archived from the original on 2008-10-07.
  10. ^ "Shifter". Kobo. April 20, 2020.
  11. ^ "The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance". Good Reads. April 20, 2020. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01.
  12. ^ "Enthralled". Good Reads. April 20, 2020.
  13. ^ "I Never Thought I'd See You Again". Good Reads. Apr 20, 2020. Archived from the original on 2013-09-13.
  14. ^ "Dark and Deadly". Good Reads. Apr 20, 2020. Archived from the original on 2015-01-15.
  15. ^ "Random". Good Reads. April 20, 2020.
  16. ^ "Spring Fling". Good Reads. April 20, 2020. Archived from the original on 2018-02-25.
  17. ^ "Red Sole Clues". Good Reads. Apr 20, 2020. Archived from the original on 2018-04-21.
  18. ^ "Taming The Vampire Anthology". Good Reads. April 20, 2020. Archived from the original on 2017-03-31.
  19. ^ "Second Chances". Good Reads. Apr 20, 2020. Archived from the original on 2018-01-23.
  20. ^ "Tiger's Eye Mysteries Volume 1". Good Reads. Apr 20, 2020.
  21. ^ "February and March in Atlantis". Good Reads. April 20, 2020.
  22. ^ "My Paranormal Valentine". Good Reads. April 20, 2020.
  23. ^ "Christmas After Dark". Good Reads. April 20, 2020.
  24. ^ "Franklin County Marriage Certificate". Marriage Index, 1972-2007. No. 32599. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Department of Health, Office of Vital Statistics.
  25. ^ "Franklin County Divorce Certificate". Divorce Index, 1973-2007. No. 10990. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Department of Health, Office of Vital Statistics.
  26. ^ "Franklin County Marriage Certificate". Marriage Index, 1972-2007. No. 14230. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Department of Health, Office of Vital Statistics.
  27. ^ "Franklin County Divorce Certificate". Divorce Index, 1973-2007. No. 45562. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Department of Health, Office of Vital Statistics.
  28. ^ "Franklin County Marriage Certificate". Marriage Index, 1972-2007. No. 7193. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Department of Health, Office of Vital Statistics.
  29. ^ Holliday, Alesia (2003). E-Mail To The Front: One Wife's Correspondence With Her Husband Overseas. ISBN 0740735756.