Runway RunAway A Backstage Pass to Fashion, Romance, & Rock 'n Roll

Best seller, Runway Runaway, illustrates the story of a neglected child turned teenage runaway who follows her dreams to become an international model, eventually finding herself in the process.

Rebellious, headstrong, independent - and on her own at age 15 - Lorelei dreamed of being a model, and made that happen through serendipity; a chance meeting with a '70s SoCal Rock Star opened the A-list Hollywood doors to a wondrous world, as well as a full-blown romance. Pounding the pavement in L.A. and New York taught her the hard knocks of being a working class model. Sheer will and determination jetted her off to Europe, where she became a top runway and magazine model, and where she met the doomed love of her life, fiancé Steve Clark of Def Leppard. With humor, pathos, and a world map of insight, Runway RunAway takes readers on a breathless journey around the globe with a backstage pass to high fashion, true romance, and Rock 'n Roll from some of the biggest names in the business.

From the streets of Los Angeles as a teenage waitress, to the catwalks of Paris, Milan, Rome, Tokyo, and New York, working as a model/muse to Lagerfeld at Chanel, YSL, Christian LaCroix, Geoffrey Beene, Bob Mackie and more… Lorelei Shellist has led a life full of gritty and glamorous extremes. Fortitude and sheer will jetted her off to Europe, where she met the doomed love her life; fiancé Steve Clark, of the multi-platinum selling rock band, Def Leppard. Ultimately fleeing and finding the strength to save herself, Lorelei shares her candid and blatant truth of how she survived the greatest loss in her life, the aftermath and the determination to not only survive, but to heal herself, and help heal others. This is her story, a 300-page memoir that at the surface may seem all glitz and glam, but whose beauty runs deep-- an every woman's quest for strength, hope, happiness, understanding and inner peace. Runway RunAway is a backstage pass to fashion, romance & rock 'n roll.  Filled with pictures, journal entries & backstage passes, it offers readers an entrance into a private world of being a rock star. But more importantly, Lorelei's story is honest, heady and intimately healing!  It's a must-read for any man who ever wondered what living life in the fast lane is really like, any parent who ever wanted to guide their teenagers with authority, and any woman who has ever loved too much. 

Currently, "Runway RunAway" based on this book is in pre-production for a TV series.