R.L. Maizes’s satirical novel, A Complete Fiction (Ig Publishing), will release on Nov. 4.
A Complete Fiction is the humorous story of two writers trying to navigate the minefields of modern publishing and social media.
With little evidence, would-be author P.J. Larkin serves a "nibble" on the trendy new social-media app Crave, accusing editor George Dunn of stealing the novel she submitted to him for publication. The nibble shoots to the top of the site's Popular Menu Items and before you can say "unpaid literary labor," George is embroiled in a scandal, his job and book deal in jeopardy. P.J.’s novel is snapped up amid the publicity, but has she revealed secrets belonging to her sister, Mia, in the book? Some diners on Crave think so, and now it’s P.J.’s turn to feel the public’s scorn.
Maizes’s humor pieces have appeared in McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, The New York Times, The Belladonna, Electric Literature and elsewhere. Her debut novel, Other People’s Pets (Celadon Books, Macmillan), won the 2021 Colorado Book Award in Fiction and was a Library Journal Best Debut of Summer/Fall 2020. She’s also the author of the short story collection We Love Anderson Cooper (Celadon Books).
Her story, "The Infidelity of Judah Maccabee," aired on National Public Radio, and she received a 2024-2025 fellowship grant from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture for her novel-in-progress, Beanie.