Fanny Merkin hides from her fans lives in a Beverly Hills mansion purchased using the embarrassingly large advance she received for Fifty Shames of Earl Grey. She is a former Walmart employee who writes under the pseudonym, "Andrew Shaffer," for publications as diverse as Mental Floss and Maxim.
Andrew Shaffer is the author of Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love. He reviews romance, erotica, and women's fiction for RT Book Reviews magazine.