Amy Wallace spent four years working with Virginia Roberts Giuffre on her best selling book, Nobody’s Girl.
Amy Wallace and Virginia Roberts Giuffre in June 2021 in front of the Louvre in Paris. Giuffre’s book begins at that moment. She had flown to France from Australia to help keep one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most notorious associates, the modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, behind bars. Wallace flew to be with her; their first in-person meeting.
Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
By Virginia Roberts Giuffre
The unforgettable memoir by the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the woman who dared to take on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
The world knows Virginia Roberts Giuffre as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s most outspoken victim: the woman whose decision to speak out helped send both serial abusers to prison, whose photograph with Prince Andrew catalyzed his fall from grace. But her story has never been told in full, in her own words—until now.
In April 2025, Giuffre took her own life. She left behind a memoir written in the years preceding her death and stated unequivocally that she wanted it published. Nobody’s Girl is the riveting and powerful story of an ordinary girl who would grow up to confront extraordinary adversity.
Here, Giuffre offers an unsparing and definitive account of her time with Epstein and Maxwell, who trafficked her and others to numerous prominent men. She also details the molestation she suffered as a child, as well as her daring escape from Epstein and Maxwell’s grasp at nineteen. Giuffre remade her life from scratch and summoned the courage to not only hold her abusers to account but also advocate for other victims. The pages of Nobody’s Girl preserve her voice—and her legacy—forever.
Nobody’s Girl is an astonishing affirmation of Giuffre’s unshakable will—first, to claw her way out of victimhood, and then to shine light on wrongdoing and fight for a safer, fairer world. Equal parts intimate and fierce, it is a remarkable narrative of fortitude in the face of depravity and despair.
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Years ago, a teacher asked one of our children what their mother did for a living. My husband and I decided they should simply answer: “My mom fights bad guys.” Since then, more than one teacher has wrongly assumed I am a cop. I’m not a cop, and I’ve never claimed to be an angel either. But I hope I have done some good. I spent more than two years traveling the world with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. I knew their cruel habits, and those of the men to whom they trafficked me. Seeking to silence me, my powerful enemies have threatened to bankrupt me and even to have me killed. I haven’t stopped talking. When I was a sex slave, I had no say. I will never have “no say” again.
— From Nobody’s Girl
Media / Interviews
CNN | Anderson Cooper 360°: Co-author of Epstein survivor Virginia Roberts Giuffre's memoir, Amy Wallace, details new revelations from the book
PBS News Hour: Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir exposes abuse by powerful men. Amna Nawaz interviews Amy Wallace ⍈
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Opinion | Guest Essay by Amy Wallace
Why Virginia Roberts Giuffre Would Not Stop Talking About Jeffrey Epstein
Last October Virginia Roberts Giuffre and I sat together on a comfy couch at her family’s remote ranch, about 45 minutes outside of Perth, Australia. We cued up the mini-series “A Very Royal Scandal,” based in part on a book by Emily Maitlis, the British journalist whose devastating 2019 interview with Prince Andrew revealed, among other things, his royal highness’s lack of empathy for Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s victims.
By that point, I had been working with Ms. Giuffre, one of that duo’s most outspoken survivors, for more than three years on writing her memoir. Before we locked the final manuscript, however, I had an unusual request: to watch this historical drama series because it forcefully posed a question that had frustrated both of us for years. Why do we expect victims to shoulder the burden of explaining themselves, on demand, over and over and over again? Read the full essay ⍈
What the Press is Saying…
The INDEPENDENT: Posthumous books are messy and fraught – but Virginia Giuffre’s gives her a voice
Publishing a book after the writer’s death can often be an ethical minefield, writes Micha Frazer-Carroll. In the case of the late activist and Epstein abuse survivor, things are different.
[…] Given this context, Nobody’s Girl feels somewhat like a final reclamation of her voice, and a chance to testify both on the harrowing events that shaped her life and the struggles she faced before death. Read the full review ⍈
The Guardian: Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre review – a devastating exposé of power, corruption and abuse
Giuffre’s posthumously published memoir lays bare the life-wrecking impact of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes – but it is also the story of how a young woman becomes a hero.
[…] Throughout the book, Giuffre beguiles, apologises and cheerfully breaks the fourth wall in an effort to soften the distaste she assumes her story will trigger. Make no mistake: this is a book about power, corruption, industrial-scale sex abuse and the way in which institutions sided with the perpetrator over his victims. Epstein hanged himself in prison while awaiting trial in 2019 and Ghislaine Maxwell, his co-conspirator, is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking, outcomes largely enabled by Giuffre’s testimony. But it is also a book about how a young woman becomes a hero. And yet here she is, having to charm us out of shrinking from her in horror. […] Giuffre, who was 41 when she died and whose deft, smart book is co-written with the journalist Amy Wallace, knows that to be a victim of sexual violence is to be at best pitied, at worst reviled. (Sample headline from the Daily News: “Jeffrey Epstein Accuser Was Not a Sex Slave, but a Money-Hungry Sex Kitten, Her Former Friends Say.”) I approached Nobody’s Girl with two questions. Read the full review ⍈
The New York Times: From Epstein’s Chief Accuser, a Memoir Both Sad and Devastating
Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s posthumous “Nobody’s Girl” doesn’t break political news, but might break your heart.
With a grim nod to Ford Madox Ford, let me say that Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s memoir, “Nobody’s Girl,” is the saddest story I’ve read in years. Beginning with its posthumous publication. […] It will take years to unfurl the tentacles Epstein wrapped around finance, law, media and politics. But “Nobody’s Girl” floats free, self-assured and self-contained — a true American tragedy. The devastation is in the details. Read the full review ⍈
The Washington Post: Virginia Giuffre was determined to tell her story one final time
Ghostwriter Amy Wallace recalls working on “Nobody’s Girl,” which details Giuffre’s allegations of abuse against Jeffrey Epstein, among others.
A ghostwriter, as the job title suggests, is supposed to be invisible. But California-based writer Amy Wallace found herself in New York this week to do interviews ahead of the Tuesday release of Virginia Giuffre’s memoir, “Nobody’s Girl.” The two women worked together for four years on the book, which details, among other things, Giuffre’s alleged abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as the many years she spent seeking justice and restitution. “I’m honored to be able to speak up for her,” Wallace said over Zoom from a hotel room. “It’s just, I wish she were doing the interviews — and that she was here.” Read the full interview ⍈
The Times: ‘Tell us everything you saw, Andrew, for Virginia’s sake’
Amy Wallace, who co-wrote Virginia Giuffre’s memoir, Nobody’s Girl, urges Prince Andrew to reveal any information he has, regardless of his involvement
As a ghostwriter of celebrity memoirs, Amy Wallace is used to putting herself in the background, channelling her subjects’ deepest thoughts and memories. Being invisible. This is how it was meant to be with her latest project, Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice, by Virginia Roberts Giuffre — the most prominent victim of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking ring. Read the full interview ⍈
Vanity Fair: Virginia Roberts Giuffre, In Her Own Words: How a 16-Year-Old’s Life Unraveled at Mar-a-Lago
EXCLUSIVE — Before she died by suicide earlier this year, Virginia Roberts Giuffre wrote Nobody’s Girl, a devastating memoir of her abuse, including at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein. This excerpt is her account of meeting Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago, and the life-altering ramifications of that encounter. Read the full excerpt ⍈
Associated Press: In posthumous memoir, Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre lashes out against those she says abused her
NEW YORK(AP) — A posthumous memoir by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre offers an expanded account but few new revelations about her longstanding claims to have been sexually trafficked by the late financier to billionaires, politicians and Britain’s Prince Andrew. Read the full review ⍈
Yahoo! News: Virginia Giuffre Details Trump’s Role in Her Early Encounters With Jeffrey Epstein & Ghislaine Maxwell
Virginia Giuffre’s upcoming posthumous memoir details her early encounters Jeffrey Epstein and how President Donald Trump fits into the equation. Read the full review ⍈
New York Post: Virginia Giuffre beaten, raped by ‘well-known prime minister’ in attack that broke Epstein spell, her memoir reveals
Prominent Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Roberts Giuffre was brutally bloodied, beaten and raped by a “well-known prime minister” in a series of savage encounters that finally helped the teenager break free from the sex trafficker’s spell. Read the full review ⍈
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Page Count: 400
Publisher: Knopf
Publication Date: Oct 21, 2025