Contributors

Anthony Bianco is working on a book about the collapse of the Reichmann family's real-estate dynasty, the subject of his piece in this issue.

Marie Brenner is working on a memoir of her South Texas childhood.

Craig Brown writes weekly columns for The Times of London, The Sunday Times, The Independent on Sunday, and Private Eye. His collection of Private Eye diaries, Rear Columns, will be out this fall from Bantam in the U.K.

Bob Colacello covers the international social and cultural scene for V.F.

Peter Collier is the author, with David Horowitz, of The Kennedys: An American Drama and The Fords: An American Epic.

Amy Fine Collins, a contributing editor of HG, regularly reports on art, design, and fashion.

Zoe Heller is a staff writer for London's The Independent on Sunday.

Thomas Hoving, the author of numerous books and articles, is the president of Hoving Associates, a museum and cultural-affairs consulting firm.

George Kalogerakis, who joins V.F. as a contributing editor this month, will be writing the lead essay in the "Vanities" section each month. Formerly a writer and editor at Spy, he has written for Vogue, Esquire, and The New York Observer.

Robert K. Massie is the author of Nicholas and Alexandra and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Peter the Great. His most recent book, Dreadnought, will be out this month in paperback from Ballantine.

Maureen Orth got the very first look at Madonna's hot and controversial new book, Sex, for her cover piece this month. "Anyone who thinks that Madonna was softening her image in A League of Their Own," says Orth, "will be shocked out of their whips and chains by Sex."

Kevin Sessums is writing a novel, Porterhouse, to be published by Random House.

Michael Shnayerson, a V.F. senior editor overseeing the newly expanded "Vanities" section, is writing a book about electric cars for Random House.

Marjorie Williams, a V.F. contributing editor, covered political topics and the women's movement for The Washington Post.