The Art of Southern Charm

Description for Sales People:
-- Success of the hardcover edition: Diversion's 2017 edition sold over 11,400 units on Bookscan. The paperback edition is expected to exceed the demand and tap into new readership with its lower price point.
-- The Art of Southern Charm paperback will publish to tie into the broadcast of Season 6 of Bravo's hit series Southern Charm.
--Patricia Altschul is the fan favorite on the show, the maven and diva, and extremely popular among fans who follow all of Bravo's shows. She won the Susan Lucci Award for Best Performance on a Reality Show at the 2016 Bravos--Bravo Channel's awards show.
-- The book is co-authored by Deborah Davis, a longtime friend of Patricia's and a novelist who has written in a number of categories, most recently narrative nonfiction. She was previously a story editor and story analyst for several major film companies.
--There are a number of reality show celebs that have written books, which have been very successful. Bravo reality stars have formed a whole industry of books within publishing. Examples: Bethenny Frankel, Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga, Lisa Vanderpump, and Countess LuAnn de Lesseps.

Brief Description:
Patricia Altschul from the primetime show Southern Charm brings fans of the show her opus on etiquette and living a glamorous champagne Southern lifestyle (on a beer budget). From how to throw the best party, to how to dress for an event, to how to handle a drunken bore at the dinner table, to how to deliver the perfectly-phrased insult (like her now iconic shameless strumpet), this book will delight fashionistas and millennials alike as Patricia and Michael the Butler offer advice and tips on emulating the grand dame of Charleston.

Biographical Note:
Patricia Altschul has been featured in publications including Vogue, Town & Country, Architectural Digest, People; and she is the surprise break-out star of the Bravo hit reality series, Southern Charm. Wise, cultivated, elegant, and funny, Patricia is a consummate hostess and a lifestyle icon whose unique combination of class and sass has endeared her to fans of all ages.

Contributor Bio:Altschul, Patricia
Patricia Altschul has been featured in publications including Vogue, Town & Country, Architectural Digest, People; and she is the surprise break-out star of the Bravo hit reality series, Southern Charm. Wise, cultivated, elegant, and funny, Patricia is a consummate hostess and a lifestyle icon whose unique combination of class and sass has endeared her to fans of all ages. Patricia has earned her status as a preeminent tastemaker. She received her Masters Degree from George Washington University, where she lectured on Art History. She was a highly-successful art advisor who also amassed her own art collection and has served on the board of the New York Historical Society and other institutions. In addition to being an academic and a philanthropist, she has done a life-long tour-of-duty at the top of the social ladder in Washington, D.C., Oyster Bay, and on Manhattans storied Fifth Avenue, where she observed--and ultimately dictated--the modern-day rules of civility. Patricia, who really puts the social in social networking, has a glorious brain, the best legs, a killer sense of humor, and expertly curates every aspect of her life.

Contributor Bio:Davis, Deborah
Deborah Davis is the author of eight books, including Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X, Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball, Gilded: How Newport Became the Richest Resort in America, The Oprah Winfrey Show: Reflections on an American Legacy, Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner that Shocked a Nation, which won the prestigious Phillis Wheatley Award for best work of History in 2013, and was nominated for an NAACP Image Award, Fabritius and the Goldfinch, which Amazon named one of the Best Books of 2014, and The Trip: Andy Warhol's Plastic-Fantastic Cross-Country Adventure.