New York: Dutton, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's unusual - and charming - first novel. "To Carley Wells, words are the enemy. Her tutor's innumerable SAT flashcards. Her personal trainer's 'fifty-seven pounds overweight' assessment. When English teacher Nagel reports to her parents that she has answered the question 'What is your favorite book?' with 'Never met one I liked,' they decide to fix what he calls her 'intellectual impoverishment.' They will commission a book to be written just for her..." 392 pp. ISBN: 978-0525951148.

New York: Viking, (2015). First edition - A novel which recreates the last year's of F. Scott Fitzgerald's life in Hollywood in the 1930s. Cover praise from such writers as George Saunders, Dennis Lehane and T.C. Boyle (who calls this an "achingly nuanced love story.") 289 pp.