Author: Stephen Stark

"It" girl Ellen Gregory has it all: a brilliant career in stand-up comedy, a smash-hit sitcom, the obligatory celebrity mansion in L.A., and the publicists, manager, and studio executives that come with it. She is, simply, America's Favorite Girl Next Door. But after a violent encounter with a stalker, Ellen flees Hollywood and finds herself on a journey made for the big screen. From L.A. to New York to her childhood home in Iowa to the bedroom of a brilliant scientist who defies fate, Ellen Gregory rewrites the script of her life as she never imagined it. A sexy, romantic, literary page-turner, THE FINAL APPEARANCE OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE GIRL NEXT DOOR explores the collision of predestination, technology, science, love, and loss.

STEPHEN STARK is the author of the novels Second Son and The Outskirts. Second Son was a New York Times Book Review Notable Book and a Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers pick. He is also a bestselling ghostwriter. His essays, short stories, and criticism have appeared in The New Yorker, Poets & Writers, The Washington Post, and the New York Times Book Review, among other journals. Honors include fellowships from Bread Loaf and the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Virginia and is a graduate of George Mason University and the writing program at Hollins University.