Loraine Despres

Loraine Despres is the author of The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc, a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Pick and a national best seller, followed by The Southern Belle’s Handbook, Sissy LeBlanc’s Rules to Live By, and The Bad Behavior of Belle Cantrell all published by William Morrow/HarperCollins. Before writing novels, she spent many years writing for television including the “Who Shot J.R.?” episode of Dallas, worldwide the most watched episode of television ever. She taught screenwriting for seven years at UCLA’s Professional Screenwriting Program.

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