Books | Josie Brown Author

Novelist, journalist, and playwright Josie Brown is the author of:

Housewife Assassin’s Handbook series (21 novels)
Totlandia series (8 episodic novels)
Extracurricular series (3 episodic novels)
True Hollywood Lies series (Hollywood Hunk and Hollywood Whore)
as well as the novels The Candidate and The Baby Planner (Simon & Schuster).

She has been published by Simon & Schuster,
St. Martin's, HarperCollins, and Penguin.
She has also independently published books. She’s appeared at #1 on Amazon and iBooks on numerous occasions.

Josie's novel, Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives (Simon & Schuster), was optioned by producer Jerry Bruckheimer for television.

For film and TV rights inquiries: mail@josiebrown.com

Meredith Schorr
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Housewife Assassin's Handbook

22 Mystery Novels

Every desperate housewife would love an alias. Donna Stone has one, and it's government-sanctioned.

But terrorism makes strange bedfellows. Jack Craig, the wild card Acme operative paired with Donna brings, new meaning to that old adage “Honey, I'm home…”

"The last book that made me laugh: The Housewife Assassin's Handbook. Brown's unorthodox surprises did make me laugh. I taught it in a class about comic novels." —Jane Smiley

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"Josie Brown brings it."

—Eileen Goudge, author, The Diary

Extracurricular

3 Episodic Novels

A dark family secret leads to a

college admissions cheating scandal at
a private school, setting off a crisis of conscience for the parents, teachers, administrator and the students involved—and a catharsis for one couple about their marriage.

"Delicious, hilarious, and addictive."
—Samantha M. Bailey, Watch Out for Her

"Sharp, smart, and sexy, Brown's timely
new series about the cut-throat world

of college admissions is a must-read."
—Meredith Schorr, As Seen on TV

"A++ for Extracurricular!”
—Julie Valerie, author of Holly Banks Full of Angst

“Josie Brown has a new trail of secrets, lies, and
parents behaving badly—and you’re gonna love it." —Jen Tucker, The Day I Wore My Panties Inside Out

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Totlandia

8 Episodic Novels

Friendship. Lies. Seduction. Betrayal.
Welcome to Totlandia.

For San Francisco's ultra-competitive elite, ten open spots in its most exclusive children's playgroup is the ultimate parenting prize.
But not everyone is PHM&TC material.
The club's founder, Bettina Connaught Cross, adheres to strict membership rules.
But four candidates have a secret that
would knock them out of the running.
Can these hopeful moms keep up appearances long enough to outlast the competition?
Or will their chances–and their private lives–
go up in flames?

"Totlandia novellas serve as the perfect
quick read for busy moms or anyone looking
to escape with some gossipy fun.”
—Examiner

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THE CANDIDATE
Seduction and intrigue are rampant on
the campaign trail when a political campaign adviser discovers that Washington's power broker elite have embroiled his presidential candidate in
a plot involving an act of terrorism on US soil.

SECRET LIVES OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES
A divorce that rocks a planned community
reveals secrets and lies in other marriages as well.

THE BABY PLANNER
While secretly longing for a child of her own,
San Francisco's most prestigious baby planner
throws herself into helping her clueless clients
on how to prepare for their pregnancies.

HOLLYWOOD HUNK
There's only one thing worse
than playing personal assistant to a handsome, egotistical, oversexed actor:
falling in love with him.

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By doing so, you'll get my book,
Hollywood Whore.

“When a film director's obsession with
a phone sex operator threatens
his latest production—
not to mention his marriage—

His talent agent thinks he knows
how to handle the situation:
buy off "the voice that launches
a thousand erections."

Instead, he falls in love with her.

But how will he feels when he discovers

that she's the wife of
his new hot actor client?

"Josie Brown does an outstanding job capturing the glitz and glamour
of Hollywood while illuminating
the stark loneliness present
beneath the façade.Filled with
good-natured humor and witty repartée.”
—Romance Reader's Connection

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BOOK 1 - THE HOUSEWIFE ASSASSIN'S HANDBOOK

DIGITAL: 9780974021409

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Every desperate housewife would love an alias. Donna Stone has one, and it's government-sanctioned. But terrorism makes strange bedfellows. Jack Craig, the wild card Acme operative paired with Donna brings, new meaning to that old adage “Honey, I'm home…”

PRAISE

"Brown's unorthodox surprises did make me laugh. I taught it in a class about comic novels."
—Jane Smiley

TOTLANDIA: BOOK 1 - FALL - THE ONESIES

DIGITAL: 9780989558884

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The Pacific Heights Moms & Tots Club is the most exclusive children's playgroup in all of San Francisco. For the city's ultra-competitive elite, the club's ten annual spots are the ultimate parenting prize. But four of the six candidates vying for the remaining four slots have a secret that would knock them out of the running. Can these hopeful moms keep up appearances long enough to outlast the competition? Or will their chances–and their private lives–go up in flames?

EXTRACURRICULAR - BOOK 1

DIGITAL: 9781970093063

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It's your child's senior year. A private prep school's reputation is at stake. A math teacher refuses to grade his final exams on a curve. Students have only one more shot at the SAT before college applications are due. And a few desperate parents have much more money than brains.

Twenty-two years ago, Audrey Thorpe made a mistake that has haunted her for the rest of her life. And now her dirty little secret will soon be the downfall of everyone and everything she holds dear: love, family, friends, and her private high school alma mater.