From the author of the New York Times bestseller As Nature Made Him comes a “clever and entertaining first novel.”--Elle

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.

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 07/23/2002
ISBN: 9780060932176
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.54lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.38w x 0.69d

Review Citations: Booksense '76 Sep/Oct 2002 09/01/2002 pg. 1
New York Times 09/15/2002 pg. 28