text: This author's first book came under fire when it was too similar to the plot of Iron Hearts.
full_question: This author's first book came under fire when it was too similar to the plot of Iron Hearts. This author's publisher once sent him back 300 boxes of unsold books, using shredded pages for packaging materials. This author wrote the initial screenplay for "What I Learned on Jefferson Street," but backed out when he felt like he lost creative control, and later worked on a Disney Channel show, and wrote a best selling self-help book initially designed to parody self-help books, including blank pages in it. This author's novel Faster then the Speed of Love didn't sell a single copy and Wish It, Want It, Do It, got him yelled at by Bill Maher. For ten points, this "writer," a dog from the show Family Guy.
first_sentence: This author's first book came under fire when it was too similar to the plot of Iron Hearts.