author : Michael Lee Westwebsite : https://twitter.com/MichaelLeeWestfacebook : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Lee-West/256015289232Michael Lee West is the author of six novels, including Crazy Ladies,Mad Girls in Love,American Pie, and She Flew the Coop, as well as a food memoir, Consuming Passions. She lives with her husband on a farm in Lebanon, Tennessee, with three bratty Yorkshire terriers, a Chinese crested, assorted donkeys, chickens, sheep, and African Pygmy goats. Her faithful dog Zap was the inspiration of a character in Mermaids in the Basement.