Alesia Holliday
Alesia Marie Holliday is an American author who writes under own name as well as the pseudonyms Alyssa Day and Jax Abbott. She won a RITA Award, given by the Romance Writers of America for excellence in romantic fiction.
Early life and education
Alesia Marie Holliday was raised in Barnesville, Ohio, and graduated from Barnesville High School in 1981. She earned degrees from Ohio State University and Capital University Law School.Writing career
While working as a trial lawyer, she began writing. In 2003, Holliday published a memoir, eMail to the Front, of her correspondence with her husband while he was deployed with the United States Navy.Her first novel, a chick lit book called American Idle, was published in 2004. The book launched Dorchester's making It imprint. Publishers Weekly described it as "zany" and "humorous." Holliday says that her fiction writing style influenced her legal briefs, with one judge telling her "‘I love when you come before me, because your briefs are always so entertaining'". To the surprise of her law colleagues, who considered her writing a hobby, Holliday soon quit law to write full-time.
Holliday writes in multiple genres using multiple pseudonyms. Under her own name, she has written romantic comedies and mysteries. As Jax Abbott, she writes YA novels. As Alyssa Day, she writes paranormal romance.
Writing as Alesia Holliday
Contemporary romance
- American Idle
- Santa Baby
- The Naked Truth About Guys
- 7 Ways To Lose Your Lover
- ''Blondes Have More Felons''
Writing as Jax Abbott
Teen novels
- Super Hero Prom
- ''Super Hero Sweet 16''
Writing as Lucy Connors
Teen novels
- ''The Lonesome Young''
Writing as Alyssa Day
Non-fiction
- ''E-Mail To The Front''
Poseidon's Warriors series
Warriors of Poseidon series
Related to Poseidon's Warriors| # | US Title | UK Title and Overseas | Date Published | Also In |
| 1 | Atlantis Rising | Conlan | Mar 2007 | |
| 1.5 | Wild Hearts In Atlantis | Bastien | May 2007 | Wild Thing |
| 2 | Atlantis Awakening | Vengeance | Nov 2007 | |
| 2.5 | Shifter's Lady | Ethan | Mar 2008 | Shifter |
| 3 | Atlantis Unleashed | Justice | Jun 2009 | |
| 4 | Atlantis Unmasked | Alexios | Jul 2009 | |
| 5 | Atlantis Redeemed | Brennan | Mar 2010 | |
| 6 | Atlantis Betrayed | Christophe | Sep 2010 | |
| 7 | Vampire In Atlantis | Daniel | Jun 2011 | |
| 8 | Heart Of Atlantis | Alaric | Dec 2012 |
Cardinal Witches series
- Alejandro's Sorceress
- William's Witch
- Damon's Enchantress
- Jake's Djinn '''
Tiger's Eye Mysteries series
| # | Title | Date Published | Also In |
| 0.5 | Travelling Eye | Mar 2016 | Red Sole Clues Tiger's Eye Mysteries Volume 1 |
| 1 | Dead Eye | Dec 2015 | Tiger's Eye Mysteries Volume 1 |
| 2 | Private Eye | Apr 2016 | Tiger's Eye Mysteries Volume 1 |
| 3 | Evil Eye | Mar 2019 | |
| 4 | Eye of Danger | Aug 2019 | |
| 5 | Eye of the Storm | Sep 2019 | |
| 6 | A Dead End Christmas | Mar 2020 | |
| 7 | Apple of My Eye | 2020? | |
| 8 | Blink of an Eye | 2020? | |
| 9 | Eagle Eye | 2020? |
League of the Black Swan series
Vampire Motorcycle Club
- ''Bane's Choice''
Anthologies and collections
Personal
Holliday's first two marriages were brief, ending in divorce. She was married to Michael D. Melching from June 16, 1985 to February 6, 1987. Holliday married Patrick R. Tourne on April 20, 1990 and they were divorced on December 8, 1994.Holliday married her third husband Judson E. "Judd" McLevey II, a naval flight officer, on March 23, 1996. They have two children.