On the heels of the success of How to Date in a Post-Dating World comes this polar opposite: a collection of dating nightmares that'll certainly let readers know what absolutely not to do on a date. Since the year 2000, dating columnist Judy McGuire has advised and entertained singles with her irreverent Ask DateGirl column. For every possible type of dating nightmare scenario out there, Judy's most probably heard about it, and has offered advice on what to do to resolve it if the problem date is still lingering. In this book, she collects some of the worst dates she has heard about, ranging from the bland to the incredibly frightening.
Judy McGuire has a long history with sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. For the past 12 years, she's been writing "Dategirl," a sex and love advice column for the Seattle Weekly. Despite rarely imbibing in anything more intoxicating than a nice pinot noir, she was a managing editor at High Times, freelances for TheFix.com and worked as an ethnographer on a study of heroin use in New York City. As you might imagine, there was a lot of rock 'n' roll crossover in all these jobs.
Judy's first book, How Not to Date (Sasquatch Books) was published in 2007. Huffington Post called it "One of the ten most underrated humor books of the past few years." She's been a columnist at The Frisky, Time.com, New York Press, and Men's Fitness, and has contributed features to Cosmopolitan, ForbesTraveler.com, Vibe, Bust, Paper, Time Out, and Complex, among many, many others.
In addition to writing, Judy also co-hosts The Mike & Judy Show on the Heritage Radio Network (http://www.heritageradionetwork.com/programs/65-The-Mike-Judy-Show) and like everyone and their mother, she has a blog: www.dategirl.net.
You can also find her on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/judy.mcguire or Twitter: http://twitter.com/HitOrMissJudy
