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Exploring dark themes of obsession and societal rejection, the story follows Dez, a disgraced former lawyer with troubling desires, as he navigates life in a trailer park with his teenage girlfriend, Chloe. His world shifts when he becomes fixated on Jasper Ulrickson, a celebrated author known for his touching memoir about familial devotion. Driven by envy and a desire for revenge, Dez concocts a scheme to infiltrate Jasper's life, aiming to dismantle the man's reputation and claim his wealth. The novel blends sharp humor with a critique of morality and fame.

Award–winning and New York Times–bestselling writer John Colapinto’s About the Author is “a thriller worthy of Hitchcock at his best” (Stephen King). 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. “Splendid suspense.” —Stephen King “Clever and entertaining.” —Elle “Shamelessly entertaining.” —USA Today “A rare and successful mix of spoof and suspense.” —Entertainment Weekly “A well-paced and often darkly humorous thriller that scores direct hits on the publishing industry.” —New York Times Book Review “John Colapinto’s clever and delightfully nasty book . . . is the literary equivalent of M. C. Escher’s hands drawing each other.” —Baltimore Sun “John Colapinto’s comic literary thriller is a page-turning pleasure.” —San Francisco Chronicle

In 1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender. The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine—and a total failure. As Nature Made Him tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer, who, when finally informed of his medical history, made the decision to live as a male. A macabre tale of medical arrogance, it is first and foremost a human drama of one man's—and one family's—amazing survival in the face of terrible odds.