Nola RoccoThroughout her career as an award-winning screenwriter, Nola Rocco has been recognized at the Austin Film Festival, The Houston International Film Festival, Hollywood's TOP TEN writing contest, and was a finalist at the Nicholl's Fellowship. While stdying screenwriting at UCLA, Nola designed an upscale Boutique Hotel and started the famous Beverly Hills, THE HIDDEN GARDEN, a hideaway for the rich and famous and some 4,000 guests-a beautiful place to "disappear" after a cosmetic surgery procedure. Women would come from all over the world.Nola found her guests to be a valuable resource, learning and understanding just how a cosmetic procedure could change one's self esteem, create a new outlook on life, and get people to see themselves differently. There were guests going through a tremendous, sensitive time in their lives. Their unbelievable stories gave Nola a look into their private lives. These guests became the background for CHEW SLOWLY Lie About Your Age. Because of its unique clients and the unusual service, The Hidden Garden was featured on Oprah.Her first published non-fiction work, Hollywood Facelift, was very popular at the time, as it was one of the first books to talk openly about the subject. Howard Stern featured her in a radio interview and discussed the book and plastic surgery. The interview, although humorously graphic, hit a good note about self-esteem. Over 5,000 copies of the book were sold that day.Nola Rocco is a graduate of the master's program at Loyola Marymount University. After her divorce, and as a single mom, she taught, working with the gifted program within the L.A. Unified School District. At this time, she and her young students wrote, directed, and filmed three incredible short films. Each won awards at the Children's International Film Festival. Nola then wrote several award-winning comedic film scripts dealing with women's issues. Excuse Me, I'm Not Dead Yet! was adopted into her first novel.Nola is a Certified Life Coach, consulting in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Read More Read Less