I've seen Tracy Quan speak on panels and read some of her stuff (but not either of her two books themselves). As I've stated befrore on this forum, I have serious doubts as to the veracity of her story*. I think she's a jounalist/writer who interviewed working girls and compiled some stories from what she learned.
* I keep forgetting who it was, but she was dating a reasonably well known ?writer? ?editor? (?NY Times?) when the first one got published.
On a post from Ms Quan today responding to the claim that she is a fraud, and when someone asked about that statement, was followed up by
"No one who was a player in the business (as I was) when she claimed to be a "working girl" ever has any remembrance of coming in contact with her. This is a subject we've discussed for years on my site, and no agency owner, booker,etc has ever been able to corroborate her story (except that they knew the stories, they just came from different girls... See More). Also look up who her BF was at the tie she first came out and who he worked for.
I've gone to several of her speaking engagements with industry people and we all had the same thoughts about what she had to say every time."
Ms. Quan's response was:
"Hi ****, thanks for coming to my event(s). I've never claimed to be associated with anyone who was a "player" in the business. Very low key, so your pals would not have known me. And the agency I worked for (briefly) was very smalltime and kinda tacky! (The owners were sweethearts, but it was not a class act.) The industry is diverse, and it's normal for people to think their own small corner of that world is the only one. My fiction work is inspired by the stories of many, but my personal history is my own.
Sounds like you and I have lived in different parts of the industry, that's all. "
What do Y'all think about that? Especially "My fiction work is inspired by the stories of many" ...... sounds like a different story than she's told before, doesn't it?
Plus the ever changing story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/12/opinion/12quan.html?_r=1&ref=opinion