"The Life and Death of Fame" is a suspense thriller that tells the tale of Holly Durden. Holly is a simple girl who longs to be famous, with all the attention, happiness, and financial rewards it brings. She meets Ben who claims to be a fame broker. This little known occupation consists of a lot of behind the scenes work to help his clients to garner fame in whatever ways present themselves as well as manipulating situations to help them keep and increase what they have gained. As Holly gains fame she gets a generous taste of both sides of it. She also learns valuable lessons about her own ambitions, desires, and fears, not to mention some unexpected instruction in the lessons of life itself.