![]() ![]() ‘It’s just about the most amazing thing,’ says Lauren, speaking to me from her home in Connecticut in the U.S. Now it’s set to become a musical, with songs by none other than Elton John. ![]() Lauren Weisberger, 44, (pictured) who lives in Connecticut, penned bestselling book The Devil Wears Prada after an 11-month stint as assistant to Vogue editor Anna Wintour It was then followed by a hit film starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, which grossed more than £235 million at the box office and earned Streep an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of the flinty boss. ![]() It sold around 13 million copies in 34 countries and spent a year on the New York Times bestseller list. The Devil Wears Prada was Lauren’s debut novel and became an instant bestseller on its publication in 2003. While there have been other workplace tell-alls, none of their authors has taken a job that involved ‘faxing, filing, getting coffee’ and keeping their boss’s life running as smoothly as possible, and then fashioned it into a writing career that’s given them a net worth estimated at around £4 million. ![]() Nor could she have known that her new role as personal assistant-cum-‘lackey’ to the best-dressed woman in the world - Vogue editor Anna Wintour - would end up defining an entire cultural moment. When Lauren Weisberger first stepped out of the lift and on to the 12th floor of Conde Nast’s midtown building, the 22-year-old English graduate could have had no idea how extraordinary a turn her life was about to take. ![]()
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