BookCon 2026: Rufi Thorpe on the 'Margo's Got Money Troubles' TV show, OnlyFans, and casting Rico Nasty

The content and format of Rufi Thorpe's Margo's Got Money Troubles seem antithetical to each other — a novel about the internet. Yet, Thorpe's book manages to perfectly encapsulate navigating life as a creator and sex worker online. The experience of motherhood and OnlyFans Thorpe captured in her 2024 novel is now an Apple TV series of the same name, starring Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Nick Offerman. But before the show got to the small screen and the book hit shelves, Thorpe had to immerse herself in the world of OnlyFans and content creators: "I think I'm spoiled as a fiction writer. Normally, I can just call up people, and no one's interested in anyone else's job, so people will often talk to you in depth about their jobs." But that wasn't the case with researching Margo. As she broached the topic of content creators, especially those on OnlyFans, she noted that their job is to protect themselves and their privacy. But to write the successful novel that she did, Thorpe needed to do the research. So how did she do it and earn her sources' trust in the process? At BookCon 2026, I chatted with Thorpe about her OnlyFans research and the Margo's Got Money Trouble adaptation