Editing Traci Lords (section)

=== 2003–2006: ''Underneath It All'' ===
[[File:Traci Lords DragonCon 2006.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Lords at [[Dragon Con]], 2006]]
Her autobiography, ''[[Traci Lords: Underneath It All]]'', was published during July 2003 by [[HarperCollins]]. In the book, Lords chronicled her childhood, career, and two-year stint in the X-rated industry. The book received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, making [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]]. It was criticized by pornographers, who claim they were the victims. In the book, Lords revealed that she received about  $35,000 as total compensation for all her porno movies, including the $5,000 for her underage appearance in ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]''. Lords continued to use the now-famous stage name that she had given herself as a minor and ultimately made it her legal name. She explained, "I chose to stop running from it. Instead, I own it, legally changing my name to Traci Elizabeth Lords. That's who I was, and that's who I was going to be." In her interview with [[Oprah Winfrey]] she stated: "I found you can run, but you cannot hide."

During 2003, it was announced that Lords was working on new music and had recorded a cover version of [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]]' song "[[Spring Session M|Walking In L.A.]]". Directed by [[Mike Ruiz]], the music video was premiered during her interview on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]''. On December 28, 2004, she independently released two songs, "Sunshine" and "You Burn Inside of Me", via online music store [[CD Baby]]. Both of the songs along with "What Cha Gonna Do" were featured in the television series ''[[Joan of Arcadia]]''. "You Burn Inside of Me" was also used in the commercial for Duprey Cosmetics, in which Lords appeared. She signed to Sea To Sun records the following year, and released the chart-topping single "Last Drag".