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

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• Publication Date: November 21, 2023
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• Print Length: 272 Pages
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