Stephen Stark is the author of The Final Appearance of America's Favorite Girl Next Door and two other novels, Second Son (Henry Holt 1992, Washington Square Press, 1994) and The Outskirts (Algonquin Books, 1988). For more than a decade has worked with other authors on their books to help make them better, including Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution (Little Brown & Co, 1997, 2003, 2007), The Diabetes Diet (Little, Brown 2005) and, Stopping Cancer Before it Starts, by The American Institute for Cancer Research (1998). His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post Book World, Harpers, Poets & Writers, and other publications.