ABOUT TRACY QUAN
American author and one-time sex worker who is most recognized for her Nancy Chan novels. Her popular series includes such titles as Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl and Diary of a Married Call Girl.
She read The Happy Hooker when she was just ten years old and was inspired to become a prostitute.
She served as a spokesperson for Prostitutes of New York -- PONY -- for several years.
She was born in New York and raised in Canada. Both of her parents were natives of Trinidad.
Actress Shirley Jones once played a prostitute; Tracy Quan was actually a working one.