Her steamy, scandalous 27—count them 27— New York Times Best Sellers taught millions of fans (including a 13-year-old future Pop Confidential host Jamey Giddens) everything they ever wanted to know about sex, glitz and of course the Santangelo crime family! On today's Pop Confidential Podcast, Jamey and Luke welcome Jackie Collins!

Collins, whose latest U.S. tome, Poor Little Bitch Girl, is out now in trade paperback, dishes about her storied career witth Luke and Jamey. She gives the dish on PLBG, the story of three sexy, brazen young women, and the man they have in common, Bobby Stanislopolous, son of Collins' most unforgettable heroine ever, Lucky Santangelo!

Collins reveals whether she ever imagined having over 400 million copies of her sinfully-addictive books in print way back in 1968, when her first novel The World Is Full of Married Men was published in her native England.

She recalls what it was like to turn her most successful novel, 1983's Hollywood Wives, into a miniseries for ABC with the late Aaron Spelling. She also shares how that experience differed from adapting the first two of her Santangelo novels, Chances and Lucky, into the steamy, blockbuster miniseries Lucky Chances starring Nicollette Sheridan, Vincent Irizarry, Eric Braeden, Grant Show, Michael Nader, Leann Hunley, Phil Morris and a young Sandra Bullock.

Jamey tries to contain his fan boy glee when talking about his all-time favorite fiction character, wild child mob princess-turned-Lady Boss Lucky Santangelo, leading to a discussion about the many rich and diverse character Collins has created in her books. Lucky wasn't searching for Mr. Big, she was Ms. Big! Exactly how much research did it take for Collins to pen the sweeping, orignal book about Gino Santangelo, Chances, which critics called "The Godfather Goes to Bed"?

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The most soaptastic novelist since God wrote the bible, Jackie Collins is releasing her 27th book in the United States today, and to say I am a little excited would be like saying CBS is a little trigger happy when it comes to cancelling soap operas! 

Collins' latest bonkbuster, hilariously-entitled Poor Little Bitch Girl, revisits the world of the unstoppable Santangelo crime family. Only this time it isn't lady boss Lucky Santangelo—my favorite female fiction character ever—who's the center of attention, it's Lucky's son Bobby Santangelo Stanislopolous, son of late billionaire shipping magnate Dimitri Stanislopolous, and Lucky's wild child daughter Maria "Max" Golden, who sex and scandalize their way through the pages of what is sure to be another raunchy Collins scorcher.

Poor Little Bitch Girl introduces three new characters into the Santangelo universe—Annabelle, the daughter of Hollywood royalty, who runs a high-priced call-girl ring in New York with her cokehead boyfriend; Denver, a nymphomaniac attorney, who defends Annabelle's father when he is charged with the murder of Annabelle's mother and Carolyn, who's carrying on with a married senator. All three girls grew up with Lucky's son Bobby and share sordid pasts with the sex god. 

A friend bought the novel for me on pre-order, so it should be waiting on my doorstep when I get home. Let's just say if you hear about anyone getting mowed down on a dark, Southern street tonight it's because they got in my way on the drive home! After the jump, check out the splashy, retro opening from the hit 80's NBC miniseries Lucky Chances (which combined Collins' first two Santangelo novels), starring Nicollette Sheridan as Lucky, Vincent Irizarry as Gino, Eric Braeden as Dimitri, Leanne Hunley as Eden, Michael Nader as Enzio, Phil Morris as Steven, Grant Show as Marco and a young Sandra Bullock as Maria Santangelo. If Fronsie buys the distribution rights to Lucky Chances and puts it on SOAPnet I promise I will never break another ABC Daytime scandal again! (Fingers, toes and all other crossable parts crossed). READ MORE