This 2003 best-selling novel by Lauren Weisberger became the basis for a film starring an actress whose breakthrough debut film role was as Mia Thermopolis in what Disney comedy?
The Devil Wears Prada (novel) The Devil Wears Prada is a 2003 best-selling novel by Lauren Weisberger about a young woman who is hired as a personal assistant to a powerful fashion magazine editor, a job that becomes nightmarish as she struggles to keep up with her boss's grueling schedule and demeaning demands. It spent six months on the "New York Times" bestseller list and became the basis for the 2006 film of the same name, starring Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, and Emily Blunt. The novel is considered by many to be an example of the "chick lit" genre.
The Unprofessionals The Unprofessionals, also stylized as The Unprofessionals: A Novel, is a 2003 book by American author Julie Hecht and is her debut novel. The work was first published on September 2, 2003 through Random House and was reprinted in paperback in 2008 through Simon & Schuster. The book follows Isabelle, a freelance photographer first introduced in Hecht's 1997 short story collection "Do the Windows Open?".