2. Elizabeth Gilbert

Your Elusive Creative Genius (2009) Elizabeth Gilbert has selected a sleek allblack outfit for this occasion, which is almost insufferable. Her sense of her own bestselling super-celebrity and faux bemusement at how silly it is, are hard to take. She quotes the poet Ruth Stone on the importance of grabbing inspiration when it comes. There’s nothing wrong with this. But her own prestige is worn as heavily as medieval armour.