“I can’t in good conscience let them publish it while they also publish Milo,” Gay explained. Gay, author of the bestselling essay collection “Bad Feminist” and the new short story collection “Difficult Women,” has pulled her forthcoming book from publisher Simon & Schuster in the wake of its decision to publish a book by the controversial British conservative writer, she told BuzzFeed on Wednesday. Bestselling author Roxane Gay has withdrawn a book from Simon & Schuster in protest of its deal with Milo Yiannopoulos.