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Xaviera Hollander

Xaviera Hollander is a former prostitute and madam, best known as the author of The Happy Hooker: My Own Story (1971, ISBN 00 60 01 4164). The book was notable for its frankness at the time and is considered a landmark of positive writing about sex. She has since written a number of other books and produced plays in Amsterdam. For many years, she wrote an advice column for Penthouse magazine.

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