Texas Monthly — Editor at Large
Ongoing author archive at texasmonthly.com
Twenty-five years as a Vanity Fair special correspondent, and ongoing work as Editor at Large at Texas Monthly.
Print Archive
Texas Monthly — Editor at Large
Ongoing author archive at texasmonthly.com
Op-eds & book reviews
The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post
Yale Review essay on Graydon Carter's memoir & Vanity Fair's golden era
Yale Review · Essay
Oct 2025
Meet the Weather Underground's Bomb Guru
Vanity Fair · Excerpted from Days of Rage
Mar 2015
The Snowden Saga: A Shadowland of Secrets and Light
Vanity Fair · with Suzanna Andrews and Sarah Ellison
Apr 2014
Vanity Fair · The Costa Concordia sinking
May 2012
Vanity Fair · The rise and fall of Lou Pearlman
Nov 2007
Vanity Fair · The disappearance of Natalee Holloway
Jan 2006
Inside Hollywood's Big Wiretap Scandal
Vanity Fair · with John Connolly · The Anthony Pellicano case
Jun 2006
Vanity Fair feature
Jun 2004
Vanity Fair feature
Sep 1997
Additional Vanity Fair profile subjects include Sumner Redstone, Larry Ellison, Mike Ovitz, and Ivan Boesky — titles and dates to be added once confirmed. Burrough also led Vanity Fair's 9/11 and Iraq War coverage teams.