Bryan Burrough (born August 13, 1961, in Memphis, TN) is an American journalist and author of eight books, including four New York Times best-sellers, the Wall Street classic Barbarians at the Gate (with John Helyar); Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34; The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Families; and Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth (with Chris Tomlinson and Jason Stanford.)

His next book, The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the Wild West, will be published by Penguin Press in June 2025.

He has made appearances on Today, Good Morning America and many documentary films.

His Texas Monthly true-crime podcast, Stephenville, received national notice in 2023.

[1][2] At the age of eight, Burrough moved with his family to Waco and then Temple, Texas, where he grew up.