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Marisa Tellez

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in Los Angeles, The United States

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Nonfiction, Memoir, Chick Lit

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April 2013

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Marisa Tellez was born in Los Angeles, California to Mexican American parents. She grew up in Rosemead, a suburb in the San Gabriel Valley, where she attended school and majored in English until graduating high school at the age of 17.

Bored of 9 to 5 office jobs, Marisa took the leap into the entertainment world, landing work on such shows as "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia", "America's Next Top Model", "Dancing with the Stars", as well as MTV's "Punk'd", and "Nitro Circus".

Although working on the set of these shows was exciting, their grueling production schedules left little time for Marisa's childhood passion, writing. After seven years of freelancing, she left the world of television. It wasn't long before she joined the gaming indus ...more

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	Rock and Roll High School: Growing up in Hollywood During the Decade of Decadence 3.69 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rock and Roll High School: Growing Up in Hollywood During the Decade of Decadence. 3.38 avg rating — 32 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walking Contradiction 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ruling Reptiles: Crocodylian Biology and Archosaur Paleobiology by Holly Noelle Woodward Ballard (Contributor), James O. Farlow (Editor), Ricardo Araújo (Contributor) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walking Contradiction: The Crackpot Chronicles First edition by Tellez, Marisa (2014) Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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APPEARANCE ON 'BIG ROCK TALK‘ WITH RYAN ROXIE OF ALICE COOPER!

I was recently on BIG ROCK TALK, a podcast hosted by Ryan Roxie, one of the guitarists of Alice Cooper!

One of my first live shows was in 1986 watching Gilby Clarke and Ryan in their previous band, Candy, so we had plenty to chat about.

Also appearing on the show was bassist, Chuck Garric of Alice Cooper and Beasto Blanco!

You can watch the replay on YouTube by visiting the PRESS page at marisatellez Read more of this blog post »

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“I write as a function. Without it I would fall ill and die. It's as much a part of one as the liver or intestine, and just about as glamorous.”
― Charles Bukowski, Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook: Uncollected Stories and Essays, 1944-1990

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“You have to die a few times before you can really
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― Charles Bukowski, The People Look Like Flowers at Last

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