Maureen Orth is the New York Times bestselling author of Vulgar Favors, which was adapted into the critically acclaimed anthology series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. Her award-winning work has appeared in Newsweek, Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Esquire. Currently a special correspondent to Vanity Fair and a former Senior Editor at New York Magazine and New West Magazine, she has profiled everyone from Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel to Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift, and has researched and written groundbreaking pieces on Woody Allen and Michael Jackson, among others. She lives in Washington, D.C.