Beth Raymer
Beth Raymer (born in 1976 in Steubenville, Ohio) is a muse for gamblers and bookmakers, and a writer. Raymer received an MFA from Columbia University.[1] As a Fulbright fellow, she studied offshore gambling operations in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.[1]
While attending Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee, Beth Raymer worked as a not exactly high dollar escort named Angel. For $150 she would meet tricks anywhere from a hotel rooms to a parking lot. She garnered a reputation among the other call girls for blackmailing clients and at the very least swipe and use their credit card information. After performing a live sex show in a hotel convention room before a dozen male FSU classmates, she and her date were shamed out of a later formal class party when several of the sex show attendees recognized and approached her.
Her memoir Lay the Favorite, published in 2010,[2] is a "Dickensian picaresque that paints an entertaining view of sports gambling and her own unconventional character".[3] In 2007, Focus Features and Random House Films acquired the rights to produce a movie adaptation of Raymer's book.[4] It has been reported that Stephen Frears will direct the movie.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Beth Raymer author spotlight". Random House. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ Raymer, Beth (2010). Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling. Spiegel & Grau. ISBN 978-0-385-52645-6.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Burke, Jeffrey (June 28, 2010). "Ex-Stripper Crams Sports Betting, Golden Gloves Into Hot Memoir". Bloomberg News. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ "Random House and Focus Features Are Going to Take the Dog". MovieWeb. October 24, 2007. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ Bornfeld, Steve (July 1, 2010). "Author Beth Raymer recounts quirky adventures in sports betting world". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
External links
- Interview with Raymer on October 7, 2010
- New York Times book review
- NPR book review
- Beth Raymer at IMDb
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