 "Brat Pack" novelist Jay McInerney said that Hunter, his former girlfriend, is the basis for the lead character Alison Poole in the 1988 novel "Story of My Life".McInerney described their relationship and Hunter's role as the inspiration for the character in an interview in 2005.McInerney also said that he chose to write about her and her friends because he was both "intrigued and appalled" by their behavior.