Contributors

Bruce Feirstein, a screenwriter and best-selling author, is currently working on his first novel, The Newarker.

William Gibson's most recent novel is Virtual Light. His screenplay for Johnny Mnemonic, directed by Robert Longo and starring Keanu Reeves, is currently in postproduction.

Cathy Horyn, fashion editor of The Washington Post, interviewed Cindy Crawford for last month's cover story and spent several days in Ireland with Marianne Faithfull for her profile this month. Faithfull "has always been, for me, one of the great, individual recording artists," says Horyn, "probably because she is so honest. And she goes further than anyone I have ever talked to in laying bare, with no self-pity, even the worst moments of her life."

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The Sins of the Sons.

Julia Phillips produced The Sting, Taxi Driver, and Close Encounters and then wrote about the experience in her best-selling You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again. She is currently putting the finishing touches on its yet-to-be-titled sequel, due out from Villard next year.

Matthew Tyrnauer is co-editor of "Vanities" and has written for GQ and The New York Observer. He profiled author Bret Easton Ellis in last month's issue.

Marjorie Williams, who is based in Washington for Vanity Fair, is a former Washington Post reporter who writes frequently about politics and the media