About the Author

<p>From the author of the New York Times bestseller As Nature Made Him comes a &#8220clever and entertaining first novel.&#8221--Elle</p> <p>Despite a severe case of writer's block Cal Cunningham dreams of writing a novel that will permit him to escape from his life as a penniless stockboy in dirty and dangerous upper Manhattan bookstore. However when his roommate is suddenly killed in a bicycle accident Cal is suddenly the author of a page-turning autobiography. Propelled to the top of the bestseller lists with million-dollar movie deals Cal finds that he has realized his most outlandish fantasies of literary success. That is until he discovers that someone knows his secret. </p><p> A searingly funny psychological thriller About the Author delves into the excesses of the publishing world and shows that sometimes the difference between reality and imagination can be fatal.</p></p>