About Me

Rachel Dodes (right) is a journalist and author. She’s a regular contributor to Vanity Fair, and her work has also appeared in Town & Country, ELLE, Esquire, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.

Her first novel, The Memo—co-written with her friend Lauren Mechling (left)—was published by Harper Perennial in June 2024. (You can order it here.) Named a “Best of Summer” book by Vogue, Esquire, Town & Country, Elle and Vanity Fair–as well as “lowbrow and brilliant” by New York Magazine–it’s being developed for television. Rachel and Lauren have a Substack called Funny Girls.

Dodes previously was a staff writer at The Wall Street Journal where she covered the fashion and film industries. She lives in New York.

You can contact her here.