Editing Xaviera Hollander (section)

==Career==
In 1968, she resigned from her job as a secretary in the Dutch consulate in [[New York City]] to become a [[call girl]],<ref name="Ross" /> making up to {{US$|1,000|link=yes}} a night (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|1000|1968|fmt=c|r=-2}} in {{Inflation/year|US}}).<ref name="Bert"/> A year later, she opened her own [[brothel]], the Vertical Whorehouse, and soon became [[New York City]]'s leading madam. In 1971, she was arrested for [[prostitution]] by [[New York City Police Department|New York Police]] and forced to leave the United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/dispatch/5-police-corruption-scandals-that-rocked-new-york-city/ |title=5 Police Corruption Scandals that Rocked New York City |date=28 December 2015 |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Notorious New York City brothels: 'Manhattan Madam' Kristin Davis supplied hookers for clients including Eliot Spitzer |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/notorious-new-york-city-brothels-manhattan-madam-kristin-davis-supplied-hookers-clients-including-eliot-spitzer-article-1.1033772 |website=New York Daily News |access-date=10 December 2018 |date=6 March 2012}}</ref>

===Author===
In 1971, Hollander published a memoir, ''[[The Happy Hooker]]: My Own Story.'' [[Robin Moore]], who took Hollander's dictation of the book's contents, came up with the title, while Yvonne Dunleavy ghostwrote it.<ref>John Cassidy, "The hell-raiser", ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 9 December 2000, Good Weekend, p. 80</ref> Hollander later wrote a number of other books and produced plays in [[Amsterdam]]. Her second book, ''Child No More'', is the story of losing her mother. For 35 years she wrote an advice column for ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]'' magazine, entitled "Call Me Madam."<ref name="Ross"/>

===Other ventures===
[[File:Xaviera Hollander and Malcolm Bennett appearing on "After Dark", 28 October 1989.jpg|thumb|[[After Dark (TV programme)#Xaviera Hollander and "Men and Women: What's the Difference?"|Appearing]] on TV programme ''[[After Dark (TV programme)|After Dark]]'' in 1989]]

In the early 1970s, she recorded a primarily spoken-word album titled ''Xaviera!'' for the Canadian [[GRT Records]] label (GRT 9230-1033), on which she discussed her philosophy regarding sex and prostitution, sang a [[cover version]] of the [[The Beatles|Beatles]]' song "[[Michelle (song)|Michelle]]", and recorded several simulated sexual encounters, including an example of [[phone sex]], a [[threesome]], and a celebrity encounter with guest "vocal" by [[Ronnie Hawkins]]. ''Xaviera's Game'', an erotic board game, was released in 1974 by Reiss Games, Inc. In 1975, she starred in the semi-autobiographical film ''[[My Pleasure Is My Business]]''. Beginning in 2005, she operated Xaviera's Happy House, a bed-and-breakfast, in her Amsterdam home.<ref>{{cite web |title=Xaviera Hollander's 'Happy House Bed&Breakfast' |url=https://www.xavierahollander.com/happy-sleeper.html |publisher=xavierahollander.com |access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref>