Willing Davidson speaks with Emma Cline about “What Can You Do with a General,” her short story from the February 4, 2019, issue of The New Yorker.

Vogue meets the enigmatic Emma Cline, author of critically acclaimed The Girls

The author of "The Girls" tells the filmmaker about her new short story collection, "Daddy," and stepping into Hollywood.

This book has generated crazy amounts of hype: I feel like I've been hearing about it all year. Cline's story about a young girl drawn into a cult in 1960s California was inspired by Charles Manson and his followers. I started to read this as a potential Summer Reading Guide pick (first impressions:

The acclaimed writer of 'The Girls' and 'Daddy' sits down with Harper's Bazaar to discuss her inspiration, why she's drawn to the extremes of human nature and what she loves about the female anti-hero.

VINTAGE CLASSICS' AMERICAN GOTHIC SERIES Spine-tingling, mind-altering and deliciously atmospheric, journey into the dark side of America with nine of its most uncanny classics. A gripping and dark fictionalised account of life inside the Manson family from one of the most exciting young voices in fiction. If you're lost, they'll find you... Evie Boyd is fourteen and desperate to be noticed. It's the summer of 1969 and restless, empty days stretch ahead of her. Until she sees them. The…

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Vogue meets the enigmatic Emma Cline, author of critically acclaimed The Girls