Bryan Burrough (born August 13, 1961 in
Tennessee) is an American author and correspondent for
Vanity Fair. He has written five books:
Barbarians at the Gate (1990),
Vendetta: American Express and the Smearing of Edmond Safra (1992), (1998),
Public Enemies (2004) and
The Big Rich (2009). Burrough was a reporter for the
Wall Street Journal in
Dallas, Texas between 1983 and 1992. He has written for
Vanity Fair since 1992. While a
Wall Street Journal reporter, he won the Gerard Loeb Award for excellence in financial journalism three times. Burrough has written a number of book reviews and OpEd articles for publications such as
The New York Times,
Los Angeles Times, and
Washington Post. He has also made appearances on "Today", "
Good Morning America", and many documentaries.