Me, Myself, & Marilyn

Holly Butler had been living in Los Angeles, working as a T.V. and film actress when she first felt the burning desire to write a novel, but shelved her book writing dreams to focus instead on a new career of songwriting, relocating to Nashville in 1998. She had some early successes, writing the Rebecca Lynn Howard single, "What a Shame," in 2003, along with other miscellaneous Country Music cuts over the next decade. Meanwhile, still working as an actress in Nashville, she co-founded Big Bawl Baby Theatre Group, producing and starring in numerous productions. She also appeared in several professional plays with the Tennessee Women's Theater Project, and The Act-1 Theater Company, prior to the Covid shutdown. The idea of completing a novel, languishing far too long in her life's bucket list, once again popped into Holly's head, encouraging her to finally see her dream come to fruition. But what could she possibly write about? Having worked as a free-lance Marilyn Monroe impersonator for 25 years in California, Nashville, and around the world, the answer couldn't have been more obvious…to somehow weave her knowledge of Marilyn and her look-alike adventures into a fictional tale of an impersonator who begrudgingly channels the blonde icon. This is Holly Butler's debut novel.