The secret is out. Belle Du Jour is really a Phd Biologist - Dr. Brooke Magnanti.
It turns out that she raised the money to support her thesis the old fashioned way - she worked for it. It has (of course) raised quite a stink among the moralists in the UK.
Read the story from the Times London...
http://entertainment.timesonline.co....cle6918056.ece
Enjoy,
IC