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), Dragonfly (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.