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Brenda Scott Royce

Author of MONKEY LOVE and MONKEY STAR www.brendascottroyce.com

About Me


My debut novel, "Monkey Love," chronicles the misadventures of Holly Heckerling, a stand-up comedienne who becomes the temporary guardian of a mischievous monkey, while trying to balance life and love in the big city.
The sequel, "Monkey Star," follows Holly to Hollywood, where she lands a job as an animal trainer on the set of a big-budget movie. While wrangling monkeys, snakes, and ferrets, she falls into a flirtation with a Hugh Jackmanesque movie star. Look for more adventures involving Holly's elderly exhibitionist aunt and her celebrity sock-stealing cousin!
“Delicious as a jelly doughnut! Juggling life, love, and loony relatives, Holly Heckerling is a lot like Stephanie Plum—only nobody’s shooting at her.”
—Janet Evanovich
“This is the perfect book to read on an airplane, especially if you want to be one of those annoying passengers who snort and laugh out loud every few minutes, waking up the poor guy next to you (usually me) who just wants to go to sleep until we land.”
—Dan O'Shannon, writer/executive producer, FRASIER
“Brenda Scott Royce has one of the funniest, freshest voices around. Her writing is read-out-loud-to-your-friends hilarious. I'm a fan!”
—Lani Diane Rich, author of MAYBE BABY and THE COMEBACK KISS
“A hilarious romp of a novel. If you've ever felt like a monkey in the middle, you'll love this book.” —Sarah Mlynowski, bestselling author of BRAS & BROOMSTICKS

My Interests

an unhealthy obsession with Starb*cks

I'd like to meet:

Readers, writers, booksellers, librarians... and Stephen Colbert.

Music:

Keb' Mo', The Muppet Show's Greatest Hits...

Movies:

The Lady Eve, I Am Sam, When Harry Met Sally, Boys on the Side, Rear Window, Mirage ...

Television:

Now: "Grey's Anatomy," "Monk," "The Colbert Report," and "Lost." Then: "Party of Five," "Life Goes On," "Hogan's Heroes." Mostly what I watch are my son's favorite shows, especially "Go, Diego, Go!," over and over and over and over and...

Books:

"Monkey Love" -- try it, you'll like it!; "Monkey Star" (the sequel); "Monkey Business" by Sarah Mlynowski; "Maybe Baby" by Lani Diane Rich; "Animal Husbandry" by Laura Zigman; anything by Janet Evanovich or Jennifer Weiner; almost anything by Martin Amis; "Charms for the Easy Life" or "Ellen Foster" by Kaye Gibbons, "Dating Dead Men" by Harley Jane Kozak, "Conversations with the Fat Girl" by Liza Palmer ...

Heroes:

Jane Goodall, Janet Evanovich

My Blog

Trashionista rocks!

A friend just alerted me that a review of my new book was up on Trashionista. I'm always a bit nervous about reviews, although [knock on wood] so far they've all ranged from good to very good.  ...
Posted by Brenda Scott Royce on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:49:00 PST

Book Signing in Covina!

Anyone who lives out in my neck of the woods, please stop by the Covina Public Library on Sat., October 6, at 2 p.m.  I'll be discussing how I got published (and you can, too!), the novel wr...
Posted by Brenda Scott Royce on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:18:00 PST

Signing at Vromans on Aug 21

Hi, Just a quick note to let everyone know that I'll be reading from and signing "Monkey Star" on Tuesday, August 21, at 7 p.m. at Vromans Bookstore in Pasadena (695 E. Colorado Blvd.) If you're in th...
Posted by Brenda Scott Royce on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:37:00 PST

Plum Lovers: Win a copy of "Perfectly Plum"

To celebrate the release of "Perfectly Plum: Unauthorized Essays on the Life, Loves, and Other Disasters of Stephanie Plum, Trenton Bounty Hunter" in which I, along with 18 other authors, discuss vari...
Posted by Brenda Scott Royce on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:43:00 PST

Should chimps be granted human rights?

Or should we grant humans animal rights? That's my topic on the Huffington Post today: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brenda-scott-royce/animal-righ ts-for-humans_b_51326.html   Please j...
Posted by Brenda Scott Royce on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:49:00 PST

NO FREE COFFEE! (Please read)

Some evil entity has been faking my ID to send Comments to people on my friends list advertising a free Starbucks coffee card. There's nothing I'd like more than to give all my friends free Starbucks ...
Posted by Brenda Scott Royce on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:44:00 PST

How do you say "monkey" in Thai?

Yippee... I just got a check and a contract in the mail representing the sale of the Thai translation rights to "Monkey Love."  A nice surprise, and one that makes me chuckle.  The contract ...
Posted by Brenda Scott Royce on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:59:00 PST