Glen Merzer is a playwright, screenwriter, and author. He is co-author, with Howard Lyman, of Mad Cowboy and No More Bull!; with Pam Popper, of Food Over Medicine; with Chef AJ, of Unprocessed; and with Chef Del Sroufe, of Better Than Vegan. Along with Eric Brent, he edited The HappyCow Cookbook. Off the Reservation is Merzer’s first novel.

Merzer has been a vegetarian for over 40 years and a vegan for the last 20 years. All of his books have some connection with the wise decision he made at the age of 17 to renounce meat.

Merzer’s latest project is a screen adaptation of Mad Cowboy.