Author Phillipa Ashley

Hi there,

My name’s Phillipa Ashley and I write lively, sexy, fun romantic fiction.

My first novel won the Romantic Novelists Association New Writers Award. It’s now been made into a Lifetime TV movie called 12 Men of Christmas starring Kristin Chenoweth and Josh Hopkins. Read more about it here.

The book is being released in the US as Dating Mr December by Sourcebooks Landmark. It’s available for pre-order now and will be in US stores from November 2010. Read more about it here.

I’ve had three more novels published in the UK and worldwide – you can find out all about them and read extracts here.

There’s nothing I enjoy more than hearing from readers, so please drop me a line any time.

Or check out my blog to find out what – and who – is distracting me from my work today.

Love,

Phillipa x

It Should Have Been Me
“Wonderfully romantic and funny”
-Katie Fforde

“Emotional rollercoaster”
-Inside Soap Book of the Week

“Phillipa Ashley writes lovely books filled with warm and likeable characters. Great fun!”
– Jill Mansell

05/28/2009

Well, I woke up to the shock of my life, literally, when I found out this morning that Fox has annouced that their adaptation of Decent Exposure is going to be its flagship Christmas movie on the Lifetime channel in December 2009.

It's going to be called The Twelve Men of Christmas - great title - and is set in the Rocky Mountains.
There's more news on quite a few entertainment sites but here's a bit here :

Tony Award winner and Emmy nominee Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies) melts the holiday snow in Twelve Men of Christmas, an all-new Lifetime Original Movie set to premiere as part of the Network's annual "Fa La La La Lifetime" programming event in December 2009. Based on the popular novel Decent Exposure by Phillipa Ashley, the romantic comedy tells the story of a down-on-her-luck public relations executive who uses her media savvy to generate some sizzle in a small Montana town. The casting announcement was made today by Tanya Lopez, Senior Vice President of Original Movies, Lifetime Networks.

I can't describe how I felt when I saw this in my inbox. Thrilled and delighted don't even come close! I'd honestly put this to the back of my mind as the most unlikely thing to happen.

I haven't seen any of the lovely Kristin Chenoweth's work ( mustbe the only person who hasn't!) but I hear she's gorgeous, hugely talented and very famous - so I'm off to order West Wing, Ugly Betty and Pushing Daisies from Amazon.

I just can't believe this has happened and I really, really hope more good news follows it.

And I can't wait to see who is cast as Will!

05/28/2009