New York: Doubleday, (2023) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a story within a story which is satirical, thought-provoking and a brutal send-up of Hollywood. "Broke English teacher Penelope Schleeman is as surprised as anyone when her feminist novel 'American Mermaid' becomes a bestseller. Lured by the promise of a big payday, she quits teaching and moves to LA to turn the novel into an action flick with the help of some studio hacks. But as she's pressured to change her main character from a fierce, androgynous eco-warrior to a teen sex object in a clamshell bra, strange things start to happen." 329 pp. ISBN: 978-0385549677.