His other books include Great Philosophers Who Failed at Love, and Literary Rogues: A Scandalous History of Wayward Authors.
[2] Shaffer attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop for a summer semester and studied comedy writing at Chicago's The Second City.
He is also a columnist for the Huffington Post where he covers news within the publishing industry and reviews new book releases.
Publishers Weekly suggested "The parody brings to life all of the arguments for and against 50 Shades, including the feminist concerns, portrayal of BDSM, roots in Twilight fan-fiction, and EL James's writing style.
[5] In 2015, Shaffer's tie-in book to the Syfy channel's Sharknado series of films debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List.