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.

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.