Anna Delvey (Anna Sorokin)
Dec 8, 2021·Tap to summarize
In this episode of The Reference Desk, Katie is bewitched with the story of Manhattan grifter-extraordinaire Anna Delvey (Anna Sorokin)For several years, the New York City upper crust embraced a charming young German heiress named Anna Delvey. Delvey was a chic, bold entrepreneur who was pursuing funding for her brainchild the Anna Delvey Foundation when Vanity Fair photo editor Rachel DeLoache Williams met her. The pair formed an unlikely friendship involving celebrity trainers, infrared sauna treatments, and expensive meals in SoHo's hottest restaurants. But the pair's friendship turned sour when a so-called "dream vacation" to Morocco left Rachel with more than $60,000 in credit card debt, which Delvey refused to reimburse as promised. Rachel would soon discover that she was only one in a long line of victims Delvey defrauded.Recommended titles (available in our bookshop) All These Bodies by Kendare BlakeMy Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache WilliamsHow to Lead a Life of Crime by Kirsten MillerThe Curse Workers trilogy by Holly BlackThe Widow of Wall Street by Randy Susan MeyersTo Rise Again at a Decent Hour by Joshua FerrisConman: A Master Swindler's Own Story by J.R. 'Yellow Kid' Weil and W.T. BransonCan You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee IsraelEmpire of Deception by Dean JobbLinks: New York Magazine piece by Jessica PresslerVanity Fair piece by Rachel DeLoache WilliamsTrailer for Netflix's "Inventing Anna" Support the show
