Lauren Oyler

I heard this crazy story, and I want you to know. It is the age of internet gossip; of social networks, repackaged ideas and rating everything out of five stars. Mega-famous celebrities respond with fury to critics who publish less-than-rapturous reviews of their work (and then delete their tweets); CEOs talk about reclaiming 'the power of vulnerability'; and in the...

A brilliant and addictive collection of brand-new essays on modern culture - from 'the pre-eminent and most widely read critic of her generation' The Times Included as a 2024 highlight in the Observer, Stylist, the Skinny, BBC Online and the Independent 'Funny, insightful and bang on the money' Stylist 'Very fun to read ... exhilarating and original' New Statesman I...

Fake Accounts has been shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize. A wry, provocative and very funny debut novel about identity, authenticity and the self in the age of the internet. ‘I loved it’ – Zadie Smith ‘Brilliant, very funny’ – Guardian ‘Prepare to feel very seen’ – I-D On the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration, a young woman snoops...