![]() ![]() I was given a year-that's when it got interesting." I gave myself three months, immersed myself, wrote a proposal, which went to auction and got picked up. When I couldn't find much information, that's when I realized there was a story waiting to be told. ![]() ![]() "The dress reminded me of something, and I soon realized that it was John Singer Sargent's painting Madame X, famous for its depiction of a voluptuous, pale-skinned woman wearing a very similar gown." As Davis went on to note, "That moment with the black dress led me on-I had to know everything. "The instant I put it on, my posture changed, almost as if I were assuming a pose," said Davis in an interview for the Union College online magazine. ![]() SIDELIGHTS: Deborah Davis got the idea for her first book from the evening gown she decided to wear to a Hollywood film awards ceremony. Tarcher/Penguin Group ( New York, NY), 2003. Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X, Jeremy P. Worked in film business as story editor and story analyst for Warner Bros., Columbia TriStar, Disney, and Miramax worked for William Morris Agency. Education: Union College (Lincoln, NE), degree, 1973.ĪDDRESSES: Home-16 Chester Road Montclair, NJ 07043.ĬAREER: Writer, editor, and executive. ![]()
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