Order of Anne Helen Petersen Books

Anne Helen Petersen is a cultural critic and author whose work explores the intersections of celebrity culture, feminism, and media. Writing for BuzzFeed News, she brings her academic expertise to contemporary cultural analysis. Petersen launched her book career with Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema, drawing from her extensive research into the gossip industry's industrial history, which she studied at the University of Texas before earning her PhD in media studies.

Her inaugural book garnered significant media attention, earning coverage across major outlets including The Boston Globe, Time, NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, Bitch, the New York Post, and The Rumpus, establishing her as a distinctive voice in cultural commentary.