In a Vanity Fair report, legendary author Cormac McCarthy's longtime "muse" Augusta Britt reveals her story for the first time.

An interview with the Vanity Fair writer whose astounding revelations about Cormac McCarthy went viral for all the wrong reasons.

American author Cormac McCarthy was 42 when he met 16-year-old Augusta Britt, who she says inspired characters in some of his famous novels.

Revelations about a relationship between the author and a girl who was 16 when they met shocked readers, but not scholars of his work. Now there’s a debate about how much she influenced his writing.

Augusta Britt, who says she met the then-married author at a motel pool, is believed to have inspired several novels

Cormac McCarthy was deeply private. Now a woman who inspired many of his characters speaks out about their relationship, which began when she was 16 and he was 42.

A profile of literary icon Cormac McCarthy’s “secret muse” is causing Vanity Fair to catch a lot of flack, as other publications and social media users alike criticize the magazine for “messing up the literary scoop of the year.