Maureen Ryan

Author; reporter; contributing editor, Vanity Fair

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Reporter, contributing editor at Vanity Fair and author of “Burn It Down: Power, Complicity and a Call for Change in Hollywood." Former Television critic for the Huffington Post.

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In her debut book ‘Burn It Down,’ journalist Maureen Ryan dispels myths about Hollywood, exposes industry misconducts and coverups, and offers fixes.

Maureen Ryan burns it down: Dismantling myths and offering fixes for Hollywood

In her debut book ‘Burn It Down,’ journalist Maureen Ryan dispels myths about Hollywood, exposes industry misconducts and coverups, and offers fixes.

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