Lorraine Duffy Merkl has written three novels: The Last Single Woman In New York City (2022), Back To Work She Goes (2013), and Fat Chick (2009. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times; Our Town, West Side Spirit, Chelsea News, New York Press; New York Observer; New York Post; New York Daily News; Bustle; New York Family; The Washington Post; Huffington Post; xoJane; Cosmopolitan; Good Housekeeping; Motherly; Redbook; Woman’s Day; Seventeen; Town & Country; NextTribe; The Ethel; The Independent; The Girlfriend; Rachel Ray In Season; Newsweek; Shondaland; Zibby Owens’ Moms Don’t Have Time To Write.