backstabber. Hollywood Wives and Other Perceptions Hollywood Wives was a novel written bestselling author Jackie Collins, and was from the point of view of several wives of screenwriters and producers, detailing how their wives dealt with the Hollywood lifestyle along with how it affected them. A couple years after the novel's release, it was turned into a made for television miniseries by Aaron Spelling, and was a huge hit for the ABC network. It was also most popular miniseries during the 1980s. Spelling also produced the hit television show Dynasty, which starred the author's sister, Joan Collins, who played the iconic role of Alexis Carrington in the series. See also List of Hollywood novels References and External Links Further reading Brooker-Bowers, N.: The Hollywood Novel and Other Novels About Film, 1912-1982: An Annotated Bibliography, Garland, 1985. Slide, A.: The Hollywood Novel: A Critical Guide to Over 1200 Works with Film-Related Themes or Characters, 1912 through 1994, McFarland & Co., 1995. Literary genres Culture of Hollywood, Los Angeles