Thin Skin - Softcover

From the author dubbed "a literary Lolita" by "Vanity Fair" comes the perfect portrait of a young actress caught in a downward spiral of self-destruction. Edgy and funny at the same time, Thin Skin provides a realistic glimpse into the dark and inviting world of fame from the writer who penned Namedropper when she was just twenty-one. Everyone thinks Ruby is beautiful except for Ruby, who is so hell-bent on being ugly that she's driven away the man who loves her, the agent who swears he could have made her a star, and the delectable male costar of her latest project, "Mean People Suck." After all, Ruby believes that what's going on outside should reflect what's on the inside -- and inside she's a mess. Burned-out at the age of twenty, she's living alone in a world of hotels and fast food -- none of which she keeps down -- haunted by the memory of her childhood love, cutting herself, and tempted to repeat her mother's tragic fate. She needs to find a new way of being....and fast.

A Londoner living in New York, Emma Forrest began her writing career at the age of sixteen, as a columnist for The Times of London. Her debut novel, Namedropper, was published in 2000.

Now twenty-five, she is adapting Thin Skin as a screenplay and is at work on her third book.