Fanny Merkin lives in a Beverly Hills mansion purchased using the embarrassingly large advance she received for "Fifty Shames of Earl Grey." She is a former Walmart employee who wr...view moreFanny Merkin lives in a Beverly Hills mansion purchased using the embarrassingly large advance she received for "Fifty Shames of Earl Grey." She is a former Walmart employee who writes under the pseudonym, "Andrew Shaffer," for publications as diverse as Mental Floss and Maxim.view less