CONTRIBUTORS

Joel L. Fleishman,Vanity Fair’s new wine columnist, is professor of law and public policy at Duke University and co-author of Ethical Dilemmas and the Education of Policymakers.

John David Morley lives in Munich and is a translatorcoordinator for NHK, the Japanese broadcasting corporation. His book about Japan, Pictures from the Water Trade, is due from the Atlantic Monthly Press in May.

Joyce Carol Oates’s most recent books are Mysteries of Winterthurn, a novel, and Last Days, a short-story collection. Solstice, about two women’s obsessive friendship, will be published by E. P. Dutton next month.

Stephen Schiff,Vanity Fair’s critic-at-large, was a 1983 Pulitzer Prize runner-up for “distinguished criticism.” He is president of the National Society of Film Critics and a retired pop pianist.

Muriel Spark’s novels include The Only Problem and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. A resident of Rome, she often visits the Arezzo district, where parts of her upcoming novel are set.

William Styron is at work on a new novel about Stingo, the protagonist of Sophie’s Choice. This fall Mr. Styron received an Order of Arts and Letters award from the French government.

Annie Leibovitz’s portrait photographs set the Rolling Stone style for thirteen years before she joined Vanity Fair, where her work has been a regular feature. In this issue, her Hall of Fame photographs present fifteen men and women who made the past year happen. An exhibition based on her book, Annie Leibovitz: Photographs, will be shown this month at the Govinda Gallery, Washington, D.C.