"Hollywood Wives" author Jackie Collins' luxurious Bel-Air home is for lease for 18,000 a month, reports Los Angeles Times.
Collins home which is located in a posh community was designed in a classic and traditional style, notes the outlet. The Bel-Air property of the famous novelist reportedly includes four bedrooms, five baths, living, dining and family rooms, and a library room. The novelist's home also has a "tumbled-marble kitchen" equipped with a Viking range and a breakfast bar.
The home boasts a spacious master bedroom made comfortable by a fireplace within, says LA Times. There is also a walk-in closet for ample storage of wardrobe and accessories. The home sits on almost one acre of land that beautifully displays its summer charm. It has a relaxing swimming pool equipped with a spa.
The Bel-Air home of the creative mind behind Santangelo novels may be leased through Annalee Chandler and Heidi Prince of Ferraro & Associates, informs the outlet.
Passion for writing
The 77-year-old writer has an equally famous actress-sister, Joan Collins, who is famed for the TV series "Dynasty" which ran from 1981-1989. Joan even got her Golden Globe Best Actress Award for her role as Alexis Carrington Colby, as stated on IMDb.
Jackie herself became an actress but she chose to focus on writing because it's what she likes to do, according to NPR Books.
Jackie told NPR, "Actually, I was always an out-of-work writer, and I only did movies when I was a teenager and I was expelled from school, and my parents said to me, 'Oh, you know, your sister [Joan Collins] is doing movies in Hollywood, she's a big star out there, you can go and do the same thing, you're not bad-looking.' And I thought, 'Well, I'll make some money making these movies playing the Italian girl,' which is what I always seemed to be cast as. And I did it for, you know, a couple of years when I was a teenager - I had to throw Alec Guinness over my shoulder in one movie."
She also wrote novels about a character named Lucky Santangelo because she "wanted to write and turn the double standard on its head," as reported on the site.
"She's such a brilliant character because she does all the things that women would like to do, she says all the things they would like to say, and she gets away with it," Jackie explained.
Now, she does not just empower women with her books she also enjoys the fruits of her labor. Jackie is among 2015 Britain's Richest Authors as reported by Daily Mail, citing Sunday Times' Rich List report.
The 5 Richest Authors This Year and Their Fortune (Britain)
1. JK Rowling, £580M or $877M
2. Barbara Taylor Bradford, £149M or $225M
3. Lord Archer, £140M or $212M
4. EL James, £75m or $113M
5. Jackie Collins and Ken Follett, £65m or $98M
