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BIBLIOGRAPHY
COLLABS
Wendy Osefo: Tears of My Mother (Gallery, 2022)
Stephen Trzeciak MD and Anthony Mazzarelli MD: Wonder Drug (St. Martin's, 2022)
Michael Breus, Ph.D. and Stacey Griffith: Energize! (Little, Brown, 2021)
Poppy Jamie: Happy Not Perfect (Harmony, 2021)
Harold Koplewitz, M.D.: Scaffold Parenting (Harmony, 2021)
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff: Melania and Me (Gallery, 2020)
Julietta Dexter: Good Company (Atlantic Books, 2020)
Omarosa Manigault Newman: Unhinged: An Insider's Account of the Trump White House (Gallery, 2018)
Sebastian Maniscalco: Stay Hungry (Gallery, 2018)
Kari Byron: Crash Test Girl (HarperOne, 2018)
Mia Michaels: Unicorn In a World of Donkeys (Seal Press, 2018)
John Sharp, M.D.: The Insight Solution (Hay House, 2018)
Ivana Trump: Raising Trump (Gallery, 2017)
Catherine Malandrino: Une Femme Francaise (St. Martin’s Press, 2017)
Michael Breus, Ph.D.: The Power of When (Little, Brown, 2016)
Jamé Heskett, M.D.: The Well Path: Lose 20 Pounds, Reverse the Aging Process, Change Your Life (Harper Wave, 2016)
Jeanine Pirro: He Killed Them All: Robert Durst and My Quest for Justice (Gallery, 2015)
Shay Mitchell: Bliss (St. Martin’s, 2015), A.S.A.P. (St. Martin’s, 2019)
Linda Gray: The Road to Happiness Is Always Under Construction (Regan Arts, 2015)
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi: Strong Is the New Sexy (Running Press, 2015), Baby Bumps (Running Press, 2014), Gorilla Beach (Gallery, 2012), A Shore Thing (Gallery, 2010)
Aviva Drescher: Leggy Blonde (Gallery, 2014)
Carrie Henderson and Lisa Winning, HeTexted!: The Ultimate Guide to Dating in the Digital Era (Gallery, 2014)
Melissa Gorga: Love Italian Style (St. Martin’s, 2013)
Stacy London: The Truth About Style (Viking, 2012)
Big Ang Raiola: Bigger Is Better (Gallery, 2012)
Joan Rivers: Men Are Stupid and They Like Big Boobs (Gallery, 2008)
Shannon Mullen: The Best You’ll Ever Have: What Every Woman Needs to Know About Getting and Giving Knock-Your-Socks Off Sex (Crown, 2004)
BOOK DOCTORING
Jackie Chan: Never Grow Up (Gallery, 2018)
Ross Bridgeford: The Alkaline Reset Cleanse (Hay House, 2018)
NOVELS
Four Of A Kind (Ballantine, 2012)
Fringe Benefits (NAL, 2008)
American Fringe (NAL, 2008)
Fringe Girl In Love (NAL, 2007)
I Take This Man (Avon, 2007)
Fringe Girl (NAL, 2006)
Hex and the Single Girl (Avon, 2006)
The Girlfriend Curse (Avon, 2005)
The Not-So-Perfect Man (Avon, 2004)
The Accidental Virgin (Avon, 2003)
Smart Vs. Pretty (Avon, 2000)
A Body to Die For (Pocket, 1995)
Prime Time for Murder (Pocket, 1994)
Murder on Wheels (Pocket, 1992)
A Deadline for Murder (Pocket, 1991)
NON-FICTION
It’s Hard Not to Hate You (St. Martin’s, 2011)
Thin Is The New Happy (St. Martin’s, 2008)
Prime Time Style (with Ellen Tien, Perigee, 1996)
The I Hate My Job Handbook (with Ellen Tien, Ballantine 1996)
The Heartbreak Handbook (with Ellen Tien, Ballantine, 1994)
ANTHOLOGIES
“Ouch, You’re On My Hair,” Behind The Bedroom Door (Bantam, 2008)
“I’ll Have Christmas With the Works On Rye, Hold the Ham and Jesus,” The Worst Noel: Hellish Holiday Tales (Harper Collins, 2005)
“Last Licks,” Vengeance Is Hers (Pocket, 1997)
“The Ugliest Woman in the World” Phobias (Pocket, 1994)
MAGS, NEWSPAPERS, WEBSITES
American Baby
Allure
Bride’s
Coastal Living
CosmoGIRL!
Cosmopolitan
Daily Beast
Dr. Oz Magazine
DuJour
Fitness
Glamour
Good Housekeeping
Hallmark
Health
High Times
Huffington Post
Ladies Home Journal
Mademoiselle
Marie Claire
Martha Stewart’s Whole Living
Men’s Health
More
New Woman
New York Times
New York Woman
Nick Jr.
O, the Oprah Magazine
Organic Style
Outside
Parenting
Prevention
Real Simple
Redbook
Salon
Self
Seventeen
Vanity Fair
Vogue
…and others