Monkey Star
(NAL, August 2007)

This sequel to Monkey Love finds Holly Heckerling in Hollywood, working as an animal trainer on a big budget film and fending off the advances of a devilishly flirtatious movie star. Her show biz adventures cause her to consider a permanent move, but can she really say good-bye to Tom, Tallulah, and her family? Soon she realizes that her real decision isn't where to live, but to whom she should give her heart.

“Monkey Star is funny—really and truly funny—and it is also a novel in which everything and everyone rings true.” - Laura Zigman

Monkey Love
(NAL, February 2006)

Monkey Love chronicles the misadventures of Holly Heckerling, a single New Yorker whose already hectic life is complicated by the arrival of a mischievous monkey. The pint-sized primate makes a giant mess of things for Holly, who quickly learns that when it comes to dating, it's a jungle out there!

“Delicious as a jelly doughnut!  Juggling life, love, and loony relatives, Holly Heckerling is a lot like Stephanie Plum—only nobody’s shooting at her.” - Janet Evanovich

Perfectly Plum: Unauthorized Essays on the Life, Loves, and Other Disasters of Stephanie Plum, Trenton Bounty Hunter

Edited by Leah Wilson
(BenBella Books, June 2007)

Speculating about the cultural metaphors in Janet Evanovich's wildly popular mystery series, this anthology takes a look at lingerie-buyer-turned-bounty-hunter Stephanie Plum and catalogs her bad luck with cars, her good luck with men, her unorthodox approach to weapon storage, and the rich tapestry of her milieu: Trenton, New Jersey, also known as The Burg. My essay, “Gun in the Cookie Jar: A Nonviolent Approach to Fugitive Apprehension” is a tongue-in-cheek look at Steph's unorthodox bounty hunting techniques. Other contributors include J.A. Konrath, Bev Katz Rosenbaum, Keris Stainton, Shannon Swendson, Candace Havens, and Karen Kendall.

Have I Got a Guy for You: What Really Happens When Mom Fixes You Up

Edited by Alix Strauss
(Adams Media, March 2008)

Picture this: Mom swears she's found "the one" for you, her baby girl, and you end up on the date from hell. If you've been there, done that, you'll appreciate the dating catch-22 that is Have I Got a Guy for You. In this take-no-prisoners collection of hilarious, wince-inducing true stories, you'll meet two dozen victims of Mom's well-meaning meddling and hear the unvarnished details of what they suffered through. My essay, "Letters to Gelman," chronicles my mother's ongoing correspondence with Michael Gelman, producer of LIVE with Regis & Kathie Lee, hoping to persuade him to marry me--and her shock and dismay when he didn't take the bait.

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