Belle de Jour – författare

The bestselling and infamous diary of a high-class call girl, as seen on the show starring Billie Piper.

Belle de Jour is the nom de plume of a high-class call girl working in London. This is her story.

From the summer of 2003 to the autumn of 2004 Belle charted her day-to-day adventures on and off the field in a frank, funny and award-winning web diary. Now, in her Intimate Adventures, Belle elaborates on those diary entries, revealing (among other things) how she became a working girl, what it feels like to do it for money, and where to buy the best knickers for the job. From debating the literary merits of Martin Amis with naked clients to smuggling whips into luxury hotels, this is a no-holds barred account of the high-class sex-trade, and an insight into the secret life of an extraordinary woman.

''''She lists like Hornby. She talks dirty like Amis. She has the misanthropy of Larkin and examines the finer points of sexual technique as she is adjusting the torque on a beloved but temperamental old E-type...It''s hard to believe that this clever and candid new voice has no more to say. Whoever the author is, she should give up the day job. Only then will we find out what the real Belle de Jour is made of.'' IndependentThis follow-up to the hugely successful ''Intimate Adventures'' will be just as bold, funny and brilliant. Peppered with agony-aunt letters and advice, and stories from her ''working'' life, it''s also the story of a young woman making her way in the world - told in Belle''s inimitable voice.

The first novel from the most infamous call girl in town...

Game over? Belle is starting to wonder if she should call time on the call girl business: get a day job, a life free from secrets and have a ''normal'' relationship with the Boy. But will Belle cope with the nine-to-five, a staggering decline in her underwear budget and no more paid sex?

As Belle explores life and love after the game, her story is frank, smart and refreshingly honest. Punctuated with advice, anecdotes and reflections in her inimitable voice, this is a novel of secrets and lies, scabrous wit and more than a little lust.

Belle de Jour is a woman who''s met men of every conceivable type. She knows what they want, and how to give it to them. And outside the one-hour appointments, she''s also had her heart broken, picked herself back up, put on another stunning pair of shoes and carried on - so she knows a thing or two about love as well as sex.

So sit back, relax and listen to what your friends are too polite to tell you. About when you need or want a man, and when you damn well don''t. Whether you want to find men, lure them, ditch them, hitch them - here''s the lowdown.

Funny, surprising and always entertaining, BELLE DE JOUR''S GUIDE TO MEN is must-have reading for every woman out there.