Number 9 Rodeo Drive

NUMBER 9 RODEO DRIVE is a steamy book that takes a look at Hollywood without makeup, the behind-the-scenes making of deals and stars, an array of fascinating characters from the entertainment industry. It is a saga of emotion, ambition, greed glamour, drugs, sex and murder! It is an intimate inside look at the fast paced world of PR, the public relations industry in Hollywood, from the 60s through the 80s. The story revolves around two unique young women from a small town in southwestern Oklahoma, and J.D. Wilkinson, the aging millionaire, who spots their talents early on. Stephanie Karras is the beautiful, strong-willed woman who, starting from scratch, builds NUMBER 9 RODEO DRIVE into Hollywood's hottest PR firm. Sultry, charismatic Misty a singer born out of another era in time, is catapulted into a career that leads her to stardom, and later disaster.

Jo Montgomery has been a Universal Studios, Paramount, and NBC television freelance writer since the early 1970s, owned her own Hollywood literary agency, and packaged million dollar independent feature films. Jo was born and raised in Oklahoma, is divorced with one son, Kirk Montgomery. She lives in Studio City, California.