Contributors

Stephen Fried is a two-time National Magazine Award winner. His first book, Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia, which was excerpted in Vanity Fair's February 1993 issue, is now out in paperback.

Lloyd Grove, a reporter for The Washington Post's "Style" section, has recently profiled F.B.I. director Louis Freeh and MTV V.J. Kennedy for Vanity Fair. This month, he writes about prime time's top anchorwomen, and says he was "surprised by the amount of energy and strategy these busy, driven network stars— particularly Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer—devoted to trying to influence this article." But, he adds, "these talented, hardworking personalities have learned that, as Andre Agassi says, image is everything."

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Linda Wolfe is the author of Wasted: Inside the Robert Chambers-Jennifer Levin Murder, among other books. Double Life: The Shattering Affair Between Chief Judge Sol Wachtler and Socialite Joy Silverman, which is excerpted in this issue, is due out in September from Pocket Books.

Toby Young, editor of The Modern Review in London, writes about the culture clashes between Salman Rushdie's bodyguards and Britain's literary establishment in "Hype & Glory."

Firooz Zahedi, an L.A.-based contributor to Vanity Fair, photographed George Hamilton and Alana Stewart for this issue. Zahedi and Hamilton really clicked: "I had the best time with George. He is charming, funny, dapper, and very classy. They should make more like him!"