History Creator / JackieCollins

* SoapOpera: The style of Collins' novels is plot-driven, with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters. Most end with someone getting shot or StuffBlowingUp.

Ms. Collins passed away September 19, 2015, after a six-year battle with breast cancer.

* YourCheatingHeart : Many of her characters are engaged in adulterous affairs. One memorable triangle involves a character as the "other woman" for both the husband AND the wife.

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Jacqueline Jill "Jackie" Collins (4 October 1937 – 19 September 2015) was the English-born author of 28 best-selling novels. She has been compared with authors such as JudithKrantz, HaroldRobbins and Creator/SidneySheldon due to the subject of her books, which is (to quote Sheldon's entry) "tales of treachery, passion, and love often set among TheBeautifulElite -- wealthy industrialists, entertainment icons, gangsters, even heads of state". Her sister is Creator/JoanCollins, who has starred in the [[TheFilmOfTheBook film versions]] of Jackie's novels ''The Stud'' and ''The Bitch'' and is known for starring in the 1980s soap opera ''Dynasty'', which does play out like a Jackie Collins novel in the sense that it's about rich people being naughty.

* MayDecemberRomance : Since most of the male characters are rich and powerful, they tend to have "trophy" wives (along with a string of ex-wives, girlfriends, and mistresses -- some of which are young enough to be their daughters[[note]]read: between the ages of 16 and 24[[/note]]). Some examples: Gino and Maria, Gino and Paige, Dimitri Stanislopoulos with Lucky, Neil Gray and Montana Gray, and so on.

Jackie Collins is the English-born author of 28 best-selling novels. She has been compared with authors such as JudithKrantz, HaroldRobbins and Creator/SidneySheldon due to the subject of her books, which is (to quote Sheldon's entry) "tales of treachery, passion, and love often set among TheBeautifulElite -- wealthy industrialists, entertainment icons, gangsters, even heads of state". Her sister is Creator/JoanCollins, who has starred in the [[TheFilmOfTheBook film versions]] of Jackie's novels ''The Stud'' and ''The Bitch'' and is known for starring in the 1980s soap opera ''Dynasty'', which does play out like a Jackie Collins novel in the sense that it's about rich people being naughty.

* TheEighties : While Collins' career spans several decades, her most popular novel, ''Hollywood Wives'' was published in 1983, and typifies the glitz, big hair, and shoulderpads of the era, particularly in the TV miniseries. The first two books of the Santangelo saga, ''Chances'' and ''Lucky'' were published in 1981 and 1985 respectively, and ''Rock Star'' in 1988.

* MayDecemberRomance : Since most of the male characters are rich and powerful, they tend to have "trophy" wives (along with a string of ex-wives, girlfriends, and mistresses). Some examples: Gino and Maria, Gino and Paige, Dimitri Stanislopoulos with Lucky, Neil Gray and Montana Gray, and so on.

Jackie Collins is the English-born author of 28 best-selling novels. She has been compared with authors such as JudithKrantz, HaroldRobbins and Creator/SidneySheldon due to the subject of her books, which is (to quote Sheldon's entry) "tales of treachery, passion, and love often set among TheBeautifulElite -- wealthy industrialists, entertainment icons, gangsters, even heads of state". Her sister is Creator/JoanCollins, who has starred in the [[TheFilmOfTheBook film versions]] of Jackie's novels ''The Stud'' and ''The Bitch''.

Jackie Collins is the English-born author of 28 best-selling novels. She has been compared with authors such as JudithKrantz, HaroldRobbins and Creator/SidneySheldon due to the subject of her books, which is (to quote Sheldon's entry) "tales of treachery, passion, and love often set among TheBeautifulElite -- wealthy industrialists, entertainment icons, gangsters, even heads of state". Her sister is JoanCollins, who has starred in the [[TheFilmOfTheBook film versions]] of Jackie's novels ''The Stud'' and ''The Bitch''.

Jackie Collins is the English-born author of 28 best-selling novels. She has been compared with authors such as JudithKrantz, HaroldRobbins and Creator/SidneySheldon due to the subject of her books, which is (to quote Sheldon's entry) "tales of treachery, passion, and love often set among TheBeautifulElite -- wealthy industrialists, entertainment icons, gangsters, even heads of state". Her sister is Creator/JoanCollins, who has starred in the [[TheFilmOfTheBook film versions]] of Jackie's novels ''The Stud'' and ''The Bitch''.

Jackie Collins is the English-born author of 28 best-selling novels. She has been compared with authors such as JudithKrantz, HaroldRobbins and Creator/SidneySheldon due to the subject of her books, which is (to quote Sheldon's entry) "tales of treachery, passion, and love often set among TheBeautifulElite -- wealthy industrialists, entertainment icons, gangsters, even heads of state".