Xaviera Hollander

Everyone knows the Happy Hooker, the New York madam, after which Xaviera Hollander’s bestseller from 1971 is named. It is a groundbreaking work, not in the least because Hollander continued to break taboos and advocate freedom of press and speech. The Happy Hooker has, in her own words ‘grown up’ and her latest book Child no More is an autobiographical work. She is also active in the theatre, at the prestigious Edinburgh festival as well as in her home in Amsterdam.
WN 2001