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John Searles may not be a single girl, but after 23 years at @cosmopolitan, he became an expert observer of the women—and one legendary editor—who inspired his latest novel, “Single Girls.” Watch John Searles talk about how Helen Gurley Brown, the iconic figure who helped revive and redefine Cosmo’s image, shaped the way women move about their relationships and sex lives and how her leadership and legacy became the inspiration for his latest novel.

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