I'm Wild Again
By Helen Gurley Brown
St. Martin's Press, $24.95
ISBN 0312251920

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Title of your new book:
I'm Wild Again

Describe your book in 50 words or less:
A memoir, plus smatterings and splatterings about things that interest me -- love, sex, nutrition, ambition, staying frisky

What's your favorite book? Favorite movie?
Gone with the Wind
The Sting

Will there be a Cosmo girl in the new century? What will she be like?
Same as she was in the last century. Loves men, loves children, but doesn't want to get her identity from somebody else, willing to work her brains out to make life good for her and loved ones.

If you were going to start a magazine in 2000, what would you call it?
It doesn't matter what you call it. It's what it's about and who it's for that count.

About what will your next book be?
Haven't a clue.

Your most aggravating habit?
slouching

Which one extremely famous person would you like to read your book?
Woody Allen

What one thing would you like to learn to do?
Play the piano

Helen Gurley Brown redefined the role of the American working woman, helming Cosmopolitan and helping to strengthen the Hearst magazine empire. She has written numerous books, including Sex and the Single Girl and Having It All. I'm Wild Again is available this month from St. Martin's Press.