I left the advertising industry to become a crusading investigative reporter. But because we live in a voyeuristic culture vulture society with an insatiable appetite for celebrity journalism, I found more work (and better pay) by rubbing elbows (not to mention egos) with the rich and famous.

These days I still writes about celebrity, sex and scandal, only now it's fiction—which is not half as strange as what I know to be fact (trust me on this).

My two novels are IMPOSSIBLY TONGUE-TIED and TRUE HOLLYWOOD LIES. You can read excerpts of all my books on my blog: http://www.josiebrown.com.

My next novel, Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives (Simon & Schuster), comes out in September 2010.

My articles about relationships and couples communication have appeared in Redbook and Complete Woman, as well as SingleMindedWomen.com, WE.com, AOL's Women Channel, Yahoo.com's Personals Channel, askmen.com, affluentmale.com and numerous news and media outlets.

I'm also the relationship editor at SingleMindedWomen.com and the editor of John Gray's Mars Venus Advice, Dr. Gray's internationally syndicated question-and-answer columns as well as MarsVenusLiving.com; and co-author, along with my husband, Martin, of Marriage Confidential: 102 Honest Answers to the Questions Every Husband Wants to Ask, and Every Wife Needs to Know [Signal Press].

Our newest book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Finding Mr. Right, is on bookshelves as of September 2009 [Pearson/Alpha]

My literary agent  Holly Root of the Waxman Agency, does me for books.

My dramatic agent, Bob Freedman of the Robert A. Freedman Dramatic Agency, does me for my musical adaptation of Pride and Prejudice.

(Don't worry! I'll never say, "Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up...")

I live in Marin County, California, with Martin and our two children.