Cat's Meow A Novel

Cat McAllister grew up as a Hollywood child star, spent her adolescence modeling in Japan, and now, as she celebrates her twenty-fifth birthday for the fourth time, she lives for velvet ropes, Moet & Chandon, gold-leaf invitations, and other fashionista prizes. But on her way up the social ladder, making her way past the who's who and the what's what, Cat finds herself stuck in that seventh circle of celebrity hell.What's worse, her funds are running dry.What's a girl to do?Marry rich. And so the ruckus begins, taking us from China for a baby adoption, to Paris for the couture shows, to the "it" world of Gotham. And that's just the hors d'oeuvres.Punctuated with Kim DeMarco's illustrations,Cat's Meowis a spectacularly witty novel about a young woman looking for love, clothes, and what will make her truly happy in life.

Melissa de la Cruz is the senior fashion editor at hintmag.com, and has written for many online and print publications including The New York Times, Allure, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Press, Nerve, and McSweeney's. She lives in New York City.