This bio was emailed to me by a long time fan and old friend. It will be corrected and updated the first week of May 2010
Photographers who've
shot me:
Julian Wasser
Richard Creamer
Robert Mapplethorpe
and many more - the list will grow
when I update the sites again
Lucinda Lewis is a modern day Renaissance woman. She
is an activist, actress, entrepreneur, painter, photographer and a
prolific writer that enjoys writing non-fiction and fiction with equal
delight.
1 Biography
1.1 Early Life and Career
2 Works Created
2.1 Writing
2.2 Photography
3 Business Ventures
4 Activism
5 Words Coined
6 TV & Film Appearances
7 Radio Appearances
8 Print Interviews
9 Consultant & Public Speaking
Events
10 External links
1. Biography
1.1 Early
Life and Career
At the age of 9 Lucinda appeared on KHJ-9 News in an instructional
skiing series to promote local skiing near the Los Angeles area.
By 14 Lucinda appeared on Regis Philbin show to model shoes for the
ultra-chic and legendary Fred Slatten of Hollywood, and then again on
the Tom Snyder Show. She has also appeared in a cameo in Clive Barker's
Lords of Illusion feature film. She has made numerous appearances in
friend's films over the years.
Lucinda's friendship with legendary Rock photographer Richard Creamer,
who gave her professional camera equipment and at 15 she was traveling
the world with camera in tow, and taking photos of Rock n Roll's elite
for her own personal collection, such as the Rolling Stones, Led
Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, David Bowie & Earl Slick, Pretty
Things, Paul Kossoff, Bad Company, Kiss, Thin Lizzy, Deep Purple, Air
Supply and so many more. Her favorite band to spend time with was Led
Zeppelin and her dear friend, drummer John Bonham. She can honestly
boast that she was the first female that the rock band Kiss met upon
their arrival in Los Angeles and it was purely by accident. It was
Freddie Sessler, that made arrangements for her to spend two months on
the road with Rolling Stones in 1975 flying aboard the Starship. This
is where she became friends with drummer Ollie E. Brown and was
encouraged by then manager Peter Rudge to write and write what she
wanted. Thus her first in her series of adult erotica was born.
Touring with the Rolling Stones brought Claudia Jennings (Centerfold of
the Year in 1970) into Lucinda's world as she too went on the road
following the Rolling Stones at the request of their close friend
Freddie Sessler and Bobby Keys. It was on the Tour of the Americans
that Claudia where she met and became involved with Lucinda a then
aspiring writer. The two lived together for over a year when they went
their separate ways while remaining close friends.
Lucinda took to creating art at the urging of many of her NY artist
friends and created Scandal Art back in the 1980s to raise AIDS
awareness in which her celebrity friends donated something personal to
be incorporated into each piece of artwork. All pieces in the series
were sold out within weeks, and each piece fetched around $1,500 to
$4,000 each and all the proceeds were donated to various AIDS awareness
charities.
Nightly Bound (Non-Fiction)
Cat Shui is a humorous look at decorating the Cat Shui Way in a coffee table book for cat lovers.
Verge of Extinction; A Vampire Novel (fiction)
The Bear & the Butterfly. (children's fable).
Bedtimes Stories for Adults (adult erotica)
She is currently penning Vignettes: A Slice of Life which chronicles her life in Rock n Roll and then onto the film industry in which she spent a great amount of her time in the company of such illustrious individuals as Orson Welles, Francis Ford Coppola, Ed Begley, Jr., Tony Curtis, and many others. The film rights are currently being negotiated with a reputable studio.
2.2 Photography
Rock bands she has photographed -
Led Zeppelin
Rolling Stones
Thin Lizzy
Jeff Beck
Earl Slick
David Bowie
Pretty Things
Deep Purple
Bad Company
Kiss
Rod Stewart
3. Business Ventures
Lucinda owns and operates the Loyalists of the Vampire Realm and the Vampire Realm Product Center which operates on the net as the VampireRealm.com Established in 1984 and with over 310,000 members worldwide. She is planning to launch a clothing line dedicated to those who have a dark desire to dress with style but not going over the edge.
Thanks to her dear friend, the late Jim McCawley (Tonight Show Producer); she is highly sought after by the Media for her honesty in promoting legitimate guests to appear on Talk Shows and in Documentaries about the subject of fictional and non-fiction Vampires. She has made several radio appearances as well to debate faith, religion and the need understand the Gothic love of literature, lifestyle, and clothing. Notable items about this organization: Jim McCawley
Lucinda was the first female to own and operate such a business in the Comic book/Horror Genre
Loyalists of the Vampire Realm is the oldest Vampire organization dedicated to the mythology, fiction, lifestyle vampires and history of the Vampire lore.
Loyalists of the Vampire is also the largest organization of its kind in the world.
4.Activism
Lucinda is actively involved in environmental preservation and supports numerous zoos that are promoting the need to preserve endangered species from being eradicated in this lifetime.
Currently, Lucinda is engaged in Architectural Preservation and has gone above and beyond to call attention to the plight of The Ambassador Hotel which is the last bastion of Hollywood History in California. The Ambassador Hotel was designed by Myron Hunt and was home to more elite than all the talk-shows put together. She nominated the Ambassador Hotel for the Top 20 Most Endangered Buildings in America to the National Preservation Trust in Washington, DC. Lucinda has been interviewed the Los Angeles Times for a special article in the Los Angeles Magazine, and many more during her efforts to save this icon of Hollywood History. The Ambassadors Cocoanut Grove circa the late 1950s.
She's active in raising AIDS awareness since 1985 after losing many of her film industry friends to a mysterious Gay Cancer that would later be known to the world as AIDS.
5. Coined
Cat Shui - (pronounced KAT-Schway) which means: Anyway the cat wants it.
6. TV & Film
KHJ-9 News - 30 minute Ski Segment that aired once a week for 6 weeks
The Regis Philbin Show on KGTV - Modeling Fred Slatten Shoes (age 14)
Tomorrow with Tom Snyder - (Age 14)
Donahue Show -
LUV - The movie with Jack Lemon (Uncredited) School Child Playing (age 9)
Dracula directed by Francis Ford Coppola (1992) Cameo (uncredited)
Lords of Illusion directed by Clive Barker (1995) Audience Participant Cameo (uncredited)
KTLA - LA interviewed by reporter Frank Buckley (1994)
Rolling In and Out - The Last Tour of Fleetwood Mac (documentary)
7. Radio Appearances
Too many to list - but if someone recalls a notable interview, they are encouraged to list here.
8. Print Interviews
After the Rat Pack written by Mark Ehrman (Jan 2001) Los Angeles Magazine
On the Edge of Eternity written by Lynn Morgan (25 Oct 1998) Los Angeles Times Magazine
Long Beach Press Telegram - 1994
City Border Called Elitist written by Rick Holguin, A Staff Writter (Dec 1993) Los Angeles Times
Vampires written by Cathal Tohill (1992) Ungawa Magazine, issue #4
9. Consultant & Public Speaking Events
Lucinda often speaks at conventions such as San Diego Comic-Con (2007) and many other respectable venues on the Vampire mythology, Gothic lifestyle and is sought after by TV & Film Producers as a consultant.