New and Improved Vivien Leigh Reid: Diva in Control »

Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout are the coauthurs of seven books, including Totally Me: The Teenage Girl's Survival Guide, Introducing Vivien Leigh Reid: Daughter of the Diva, and Now Starring Vivien Leigh Reid: Diva in Training. Both authors live in Toronto.

All right, so she blew it! The last time she was in front of the camera, she acted like a total diva and ended up losing the gig. But now the new and improved Vivien Leigh Reid is back in L.A. and determined to make it right. While helping her mother plan for her wedding, Leigh unexpectedly lands a featured role in a new television series, and this time she is going to keep her inner diva in control.

It may not be easy as she hoped, though. The all-male cast of Freak Force, an action-adventure series about superhumanoids, isn't exactly thrilled to have a girl on board. Add that to the demands of her mother, who is quickly turning into Bridezilla, and a wicked soon-to-be stepsister, and Leigh's newfound cool may really be put to the test.

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Vivien Leigh Reid is the name her mother—actress Annika Anderson—gave her, naming her after the famous actor Vivien Leigh. Leigh, as her friends call her, fails terribly at her first try at stardom when she plays a part in a soap opera called Diamond Heights in Las Angles. Leigh's life soon takes a turn for the worse when she realizes that her best acting seems to be better off-screen playing the role of a total diva. Now Leigh is returning to L. A. to attend and help in her mother's wedding. Unexpectedly, Leigh is given a chance to be featured in a role for a new television series. This time around she will not forget who she is, where she hails from, and who her real friends are—like the last time when she almost lost her best friend Karis Tate because of her diva act. Karis—who is Hollywood royalty, whose father is a director, and whose mother is an Academy Award-winning actor—enters Leigh's life once again and helps her remember to keep her inter-diva under control. This time around Leigh is tested and learns a few lessons about life. She even ends up passing some of the tests and coming out on the winning side. As you read and watch how Leigh learns to keep her ego under wraps, you may learn a few lessons that you can use.