Ms. talked to the “How to Be Famous” author about feminism, Trump and her “very sexual, but snack-based” self-care.
Author: Anne McCarthy
Anne McCarthy is a contributing writer to The Telegraph, Second City Network, Bonjour Paris, France Today and more. She has a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Westminster in London and is a graduate of the Writing Program at Second City and the Soho Theatre Writers Lab. She lives in New York City, where she is writing a memoir about life in London.
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