Jeanne Rainer

Jeanne Rejaunier graduated from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, and did postgraduate studies at the Sorbonne, Paris, the Universities of Florence and Pisa, Italy, and the Goetheschule, Rome, as well as at UCLA, California and the New School for Social Research, New York. While at Vassar, Rejaunier began a career as a professional model, and subsequently became an actress in Manhattan, Hollywood and Europe, appearing on and off Broadway, in films and television, on magazine covers internationally and as a principal in dozens of national commercials. Rejaunier achieved international success with the publication of her acclaimed first novel, The Beauty Trap, which sold over one million copies and became Simon & Schuster's fourth best seller of the year, the film rights to which were purchased outright by Hollywood studio Avco-Embassy. Rejaunier has publicized her books in national and international tours on three continents in five languages. Her writing has been extolled in feature stories in Life, Playboy, Mademoiselle, Seventeen, National Geographic, BusinessWeek, Fashion Weekly, Women's Wear, W, McCalls, American Homemaker, Parade, Let's Live, Marie-Claire, Epoca, Tempo, Sogno, Cine-Tipo, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and countless other publications. In addition to The Beauty Trap and Everybody's Husband, Rejaunier also published four other novels: The Motion and the Act; Affair in Rome; Mob Sisters; and Odalisque at the Spa; as well as nonfiction titles My Sundays with Henry Miller; Hollywood Sauna Confidential; The Paris Diet; Titan of the Muses; Modeling From the Ground Up; The 50 Best Careers in Modeling; The Video Jungle; Astrology and Your Sex Life; Astrology For Lovers; Japan's Hidden Face; The Complete Idiot's Guide to Food Allergy; The Complete Idiot's Guide to Migraines and Other Headaches; she is also the author of six spiritual books, The Planes of Heaven series, the titles of which are: Planes of the Heavenworld; Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Heaven But Didn't Know Where to Ask; The Kingdom of Heaven and 4th Dimensional Consciousness; The Afterlife in the Here and Now; Living in Eternity Now; and The Eightfold Path and the 8th Plane of Heaven. Branching out as a filmmaker, Ms. Rejaunier directed, produced, filmed and edited the 4 hour documentary, The Spirit of '56: Meetings with Remarkable Women. Many of her videos are available on YouTube. Show less «