Author Phillipa Ashley

My name’s Phillipa Ashley and I write romantic fiction with witty heroines and sexy heroes.

My first novel, Decent Exposure won the Romantic Novelists Association Joan Hessayon New Writers Award. It’s now been made into a TV movie called 12 Men of Christmas by Fox to be shown on the Lifetime channel in December 2009. It stars Emmy and Tony award-winner, Kristin Chenoweth as the heroine and Josh Hopkins as the hero, Will. Read more about it here!

My latest release is It Should Have Been Me, in March 2009. You can read an extract here.

If you’re from the USA, the good news is that my books are going to be available in a store near you from 2010 – for more details, keep checking the Sourcebooks website and this site.

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!
05/12/2009

The Book Depository has It Should Have Been Me on its current Girls Night In promotion. This site is a great place to get LBD books, especially if you live outside of the UK as they offer free worldwide delivery.

05/28/2009

05/12/2009