Dorothy Parker Drank Here
by Ellen Meister

In a prequel to her appearance in Ellen Meister’s “delicious”* Farewell, Dorothy Parker, the acid-tongued writer haunts the halls of the Algonquin Hotel with her piercing wit and unexpectedly tender wisdom.

Death cannot quell the feisty spirit of Dorothy Parker.

For more than forty years, Mrs. Parker has been spurning the white light and wandering the famous halls of the Algonquin, drink in hand, searching for someone—anyone—who will keep her company on this side of eternity.

She may have found the perfect candidate in Ted Shriver, a brilliant literary voice of the 1970s, silenced early in a promising career by a devastating plagiarism scandal. He is now a recluse hiding away in the old hotel, waiting to die.

But when a young, ambitious TV producer enters the hotel in search of Shriver, she and Dorothy Parker begin to discover a host of secrets surrounding the life of the famous man—and why he seems as anxious to enter the beyond as Mrs. Parker is to avoid it.

*Cleveland Plain Dealer

Other Books by Ellen Meister

Dorothy Parker Drank Here: A Novel

Farewell, Dorothy Parker

The Other Life

Ellen Meister's Bio

Photo by Hy Goldberg, Visions Photography

Ellen Meister is the author of five novels, including Dorothy Parker Drank Here (2015), Farewell, Dorothy Parker (2013),and The Other Life (2011). Honors include being selected for the prestigious Indie Next List, foreign language translations of her work, appearances on NPR, and receiving a TV series option from HBO. Her nonfiction has appeared in Publishers Weekly, New York Times, Wall Street Journal blog, Huffington Post, Daily Beast, Long Island Woman, Writer's Digest and more. Ellen teaches creative writing at Hofstra University Continuing Education and mentors emerging authors. She does public speaking about her books and other topics. Ellen also runs a popular Dorothy Parker page on Facebook. For more information, visit her website at ellenmeister.com.