Malcolm J. Brenner (born May 9, 1951) is an American author from New Jersey, journalist, and zoophile;[1] He is best known for his controversial novel Wet Goddess (2009), about a love affair between a college student and a bottlenose dolphin in the 1970s.
In the 1990s, Brenner worked as an investigative reporter covering the Navajo Nation and surrounding area.
[4][5] The novel details several months in the life of fictional college student Zachary Zimmerman, in which the protagonist meets a dolphin named Ruby at a local theme park and falls in love with her.
In an article in the Huffington Post, Brenner said: "I wrote this book for dolphins because we are mistreating these animals by keeping them in captivity.
Describing the experience, he stated they "stared into each others eyes" for moments after they had intercourse and they tried seven different poses.