Sarah Churchwell is professor of American literature and public understanding of the humanities at the University of East Anglia. She is the author of The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe and coeditor of Must Read: Rediscovering American Bestsellers. She has also written numerous scholarly articles and introductions. Her journalism has appeared in many publications, including the Guardian, the Independent, the New York Times Book Review, Glamour, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, and Esquire, and she is a contributing writer for New Statesman.