Isadora O’Boto is an actress (Juilliard Drama Graduate) who performed for years on stages around the country; an award-winning author  of two five-star rated books, under the pen name Sephe Haven. Her first book: “My Whorizontal Life: An Escort’s Tale” is the winner of 6 awards including the Gold Medal for 2022 Reader’s Favorite. Her second book is the winner of two awards including Winner of the 2023 Los Angeles Book Festival for Memoir. 

Isadora is the creator/performer of the 90 minute solo show: “My Whorizontal Life: The Show! that had its world premiere in Chicago in September 2023 and was filmed in front of live audiences. Along with fellow producers, she is working to take the play to other stages in the US and abroad. The film of the play is primed to be shown in independent art house cinemas. 

The books and show were inspired during the years she spent doing the work of love and pleasure, lifting  what could have been a base job into an art form. Along the way, she kept notes and wrote secretly about her adventures hoping someday, this unintended life could become something meaningful, giving a humanity to those topics and people without a voice. Her desire in sharing her writing was to take your hand and lead you into this surprisingly fascinating, funny, wild, so misunderstood and misimagined life underground. 

Isadora is currently working on the next books in her memoir series as well as writing a limited tv series based on her play. She is the co-host with Lynn Ferguson of the podcast “My Index to Sex.” She spent many years writing and performing in storytelling and standup comedy. 

Isadora was a professional in the art of love, of compassion, of sensuality and was the #1 Courtesan in the nation. 

Now she doesn’t even date. Her fiercely protective Chi-Terrier forbids it.