Lauren Oyler is an author from West Virginia, currently living in upstate New York. Her debut novel, Fake Accounts, is out now. We chat about grappling, NFTs, we make an argument for hiring a personal driver, moving to Ithaca, vaccines, hating horses, getting into Yale, the challenges of getting a book deal despite being a celebrated author, German stuff, being tall, evolving as a Twitter power user, Tavi Gevinson, we try to trick her into telling us who she’s ghostwritten for, and the effects of celebrities being papped holding your book.

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