Announcing the French Version of Call Me Gwapo
Muriel is currently working on the French translation of her second novel, Call Me Gwapo. Appelle Moi Gwapo will be published on Amazon on Safer Internet Day, Tuesday 10th of Feb, 2026.
Five More Pixs
Meet Jane, Caitlin, Sofia and their online friends. Jane is devastated when her best friend Kate is admitted to the hospital after a suicide attempt. But while she struggles with her friend’s coma, she also meets Kate’s cousin online and falls head over heels for the mysterious young man.
Caitlin desperately embraces anorexia after her father’s deadly car accident. Online, she meets Sara, an admin of an app centered around eating disorders, and the first person to finally understand what she’s going through.
Sofia has decided to learn French to impress her big sister who’s moved to France. She joins an app to find pen pals and meets the ideal gay best friend any girl would dream to have.
With social media accounts at the heart of the lives of the three Californian teenagers, they seek human connections at a time when the rest of the world doesn’t seem to understand them. They’ll find support, friendship and love in messages received on their phones. They’ll share their most hidden secrets with their new best friend. They’ll send their intimate pictures to their first love.
They will find out you really never know someone you’ve never met IRL.
Reviews
A superb dramatization of timely teen issues that will educate readers of all ages.
Kirkus Review
Read full reviewAn important read for modern teenagers and their parents.
Alex Stamos, Former Facebook Chief Security Officer
The social media interface was done incredibly well, and I absolutely appreciated how Tronc was able to weave messaging and the digital world into these girls’ real lives. Tronc took a considerable risk in writing this novel, and I must say that it paid off well. Overall, I’m very much impressed by the concept, and I was thoroughly engaged from the beginning to the end.
Judge, 8th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published eBook Awards
Call Me Gwapo
Recovering from a recent breakup, 18-year-old Zach travels to Ireland for the summer. The wild pubs and flowing alcohol give him the social life he always dreamed of until heartbreak hits him once again. He turns to dating apps, where he is quickly contacted by Malaya, a beautiful woman from the Philippines, who offers to jump on a video call for virtual sex. The call is recorded, and blackmail follows: he must pay or the video will be sent to his friends and family.
In San Francisco, Analyn struggles to follow up her first book about her childhood in the Philippines. But when she discovers the family computer was used to scam strangers online, inspiration strikes.
Chloé is a rising star in the world of internet security. She spends her time reporting vulnerabilities to tech companies and mining cryptocurrencies. But when she finds out that one of her loved ones was a victim of online blackmail, she drops everything to go after the extortionist.
Can Analyn and Chloé stop Malaya on time, or will Zach have to pay the ransom to avoid public shaming?
Reviews
I would love to say that the experiences of the characters throughout this book are purely fictional, but having worked in the field of online safety for many years, I recognized far too much of the plot as things that unfortunately happen online to both minors and adults. I applaud Muriel for making it her mission to educate the reader as much as entertain, as there is so much here to learn from.
Ryan Hoyt, Author of The Pierced Shadow Archive
Consulting
I’ve worked in the field of Online Child Safety since 2011, with close to ten years at Facebook (Meta), where I touched on different aspects of the fight against Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, working as a Law Enforcement Response Specialist, a Child Safety Senior Investigator, an Operations Program Manager and a TPM for the Engineering Team supporting Online Safety Teams. I then started and led the Child Safety Program of Niantic for over three years.
Those many years of expertise in the Tech and Gaming industries have led me to start my own Consulting company with my husband. I specialize in Child Safety while his deep expertise lies in the field of Cybersecurity.
I am currently exclusively working with the Tech Coalition as a consultant, supporting their Pathways program.