Elizabeth Day

She was born in France, where her mother had survived the Nazi occupation.

The family moved to New Jersey when she was still a baby, and later, Brosch McKenna studied literature at Harvard.

After working as a freelance magazine writer in New York City, she took a six-week screenwriting course and moved to L.A., where she sold her first film script by the age of 26.

But it was at 38 that her life changed with the 2006 release of global smash hit The Devil Wears Prada, which earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Screenplay.

Further hit movies followed, including Morning Glory and I Don't Know How She Does It, before she co-created and show ran the musical comedy drama Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.

Now, to the frenzied excitement of so many of us, she's returning with The Devil Wears Prada 2.

Baroche McKenna's work is funny, heartfelt and endlessly rewatchable.

Yet there's a deeper message too, a spotlighting of powerful women who might be misunderstood by others, but who come to understand the important balance between selfhood and connection, between work and love, in whatever form that love takes.

Being funny, Brosh McKenna has said, means you're honest, almost to the point of transgression.

You're saying the thing that isn't supposed to be said.

Aline Roche-McCannell, welcome to How to Fail.

Oh, well, it is such an honor to meet you.

Thank you.

Thank you for all of the work that you put out into the world.

It really has meant so much to so many of us.

And I know we're going to talk about the Devil Wears Prada, obviously, but 27 dresses.

was such a great movie.

Wow.

Mm-hmm.

That idea of women littering their ideas, their emails, their communication with mitigating words, I relate to it so deeply.