SHE’S SO “MARGAUX”

Former Rock Star Wife – Novelist – Mischief Magnet

Margaux Dunbar Hession

Margaux Dunbar Hession is a funny, off-beat award-winning writer of dark humor stories that balance darker subjects with audacious wit and off-the-wall scenarios, many inspired by her own escapades. Her first novel, “Soaring to New Lows” springs from her wild life as former wife to Journey/Rock & Roll Hall of Fame drummer, Aynsley Dunbar (Journey, David Bowie, Starship and Whitesnake).

Her writing has appeared in many publications including the New York Times, Boston Globe, Miami Herald, Santa Barbara Literary Journal, among others. Margaux is a regular contributor and works closely with Charles M. Schulz Jr., the son of Peanuts creator, Charles M. Schulz on the Santa Barbara Conference.

A California native, and USC MBA recipient, Margaux now resides in Kailua Hawaii, where she paddles on a 6-person co-ed outrigger team and is currently working on her next novel and has traded her rocker life for island life.

Follow Margaux’s Adventures:

Had it All, Lost it All,

Hit Rock Bottom and Kept on Going

I just wanted everything, is that a problem? To be on the inside, included, invited, part of. To be where it’s at, in those elusive behind-the-scenes forbidden zones. So, when I met and married a handsome, witty British rock star, sure it was dizzy love, yet also having an All Access pass to Rock & Roll? Epic. Police-escorted limos into the venue with the band? Stellar. To be front and center backstage? Delicious. Yet I always wanted more and did most anything to get there.

Think Lucy Ricardo meets Courtney Love. My former note to self: Never any FOMO if you’re the last one at the party. Until that unsuspecting moment, when you’re busted, banned from the band, hit rock bottom, yet keep on going…down, down, down. Who knew Hell’s basement had collapsible floors?

This novel is inspired by my life’s true events. Some of these things happened to me, some to people I know and some I made up. Which are which? You’ll just have to find me online or in person and ask me. I just might tell you. Who am I kidding? I’ll totally tell you.

Jump in the limo with me and my heroine, Charlemagne, as she drags us through crazy antics and cringy encounters as a rock star’s naughty wife. You’ve been warned 😈

“AFTER A LIFETIME OF BEING CALLED A NOBODY, A NEVER-WAS, A SOCIAL DOA, I WASN'T JUST POPULAR, I WAS WITH THE BAND. KLARISSA COULD SUCK IT.”

– Char

THE REVIEWS ARE IN

NON-WANKER REVIEWS WELCOMED ON AMAZON

"Great dark humor, and all too true. Reminds me of one of my ex-wives..."

“I LMFAO through the whole book. I've lived inside the rock world, and this book kicks ass! This story is all sex, drugs and lots of heart."

“In Soaring to New Lows, Margaux Dunbar Hession takes us on a wild ride into the world of Rock and Roll with no punches pulled. She’s lived it and delivers it up with slam-bang style and pacing, many laughs coming rapid-fire from the page, but this work is, ultimately, about the strength to change one’s life.”

“Award-winning author Margaux Dunbar Hession's autobiographical work of fiction, Soaring to New Lows puts you there in the glamorous and sometimes not so glamorous privileged life, limos, back stage, and all the other coveted places at the center of rock stardom that most only dream about and she does it with a wit and perspective that can only come from someone who has actually lived that high octane dream and came out as a survivor.”

“Soaring to New Lows, is a delightful roller-coaster romp through the world of rock stardom, seen through the eyes of Charlemagne, estranged wife of a legendary rocker. Sex, drugs and rock and roll never had a more apt heroine. Acerbic, self-destructive, hilarious and ultimately lovable, you will want to follow Charlemagne on every nail-biting, page-turning adventure.”

HOLD ON...I'LL NEED TO SEE YOUR PASS...

– HOVER OR CLICK TO REVEAL –

LIT, LEATHERED &
LIMO-ED UP

“Fabulous! Lit, leathered, and limo-ed up, at forty-two, I found my home and freedom at last, at this juicy, dead center of a rock star sandwich. My new rocker life was finally in place—all systems were go and rocketing along—well, that is, until the drugs kicked in and my wheels came off.”

GEORGE CLOONEY
CLONES

“Where were my hugs from my new Zen family of celebrity rehab doctors? Where were the George Clooney clones who were going to hold my hand, sip exotic teas, and spoon me on futons to release my inner demons? None of this place was like TV. I bet the pool wasn’t heated, and the saunas were probably coed. Totally ghetto.”

MENOPAUSAL
MOMS

“The limo driver slowed as menopausal moms swarmed our rock star cocoon like post-apocalyptic ants feasting on the earth’s last sugar cube.”

DENY
EVERYTHING

“Robin took my arm as we strutted out of the dressing room. “’Your new motto? Do anything. Deny everything.’”

LICORICE
DISC

“Hoover took all the risks, so he led the ritual of the album christening. He gently slid the circular grail from its holy papered jacket, before placing the offering of the virgin licorice disc upon its rubber altar.”

YOU BLOODY
HIGH?

“Jubal lunged over me; his tatted hand clamped over mine, his bejeweled dragon rings clinking my gold-plated wedding band. ’Charlemagne! You bloody high?’"

ROCK 'N ROLL LIFE

MOMENTS + MEMORIES FROM AN EX-ROCK STAR WIFE

THAT’S SO MARGAUX

ROCKER WIFE TO ISLAND LIFE

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Margaux Dunbar Hession Author Humor Author/Ex-Rock Star Wife/SB Writers Conference Team Member/Snoopy Jr.’s Property Mgr/Outrigger Paddler/Sober Fun Outdoor Adventurer/Dog Lover www.somargaux.com

Happy Hulaween Johnny! Mahalo 🙌