X-Nico

6 unusual facts about Xaviera Hollander


Bernice Gordon

Gordon once created an X-rated puzzle for the Happy Hooker, aka Xaviera Hollander, a writer and former call girl with a bestselling memoir in the 1970s.

Herman Behr Mansion

The story that Xaviera Hollander's brothel was in the Behr House is an urban legend.

Robin Moore

(October 31, 1925 – February 21, 2008) was an American writer who is most known for his books The Green Berets, The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy and, with Xaviera Hollander and Yvonne Dunleavy, The Happy Hooker: My Own Story.

Xaviera Hollander

In 1971 Hollander published a memoir, The Happy Hooker: My Own Story. Robin Moore co-authored this book and came up with the catchy title, while Yvonne Dunleavy wrote the book.

In the early 1970s, she recorded a primarily spoken-word album titled Xaviera! for the Canadian GRT Records label (GRT 9230-1033), on which she discussed her philosophy regarding sex and prostitution, sang a cover version of The Beatles song, "Michelle", and recorded several simulated sexual encounters, including an example of phone sex, a threesome, and a celebrity encounter with guest "vocal" by Ronnie Hawkins.

In 1968, she left her job as secretary of the Dutch consulate in Manhattan to become a call girl, where she made $1,000 a night.



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