Evan Alan Wright (December 12, 1964 – July 12, 2024) was an American writer, known for his reporting on subcultures for Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair.

[2] Although some compare his writings to those of Hunter S. Thompson, Wright claimed his biggest literary influences were authors Mark Twain and Christopher Isherwood.

[3] The New York Times called his military writing "nuanced and grounded in details often overlooked in daily journalistic accounts" and noted his use of "gallows humor".

[11] Starting in 1996 at Hustler, then at Rolling Stone, Time, and Vanity Fair, Wright wrote long features based on his immersion in subcultures ranging from radical environmentalists to neo-Nazis.

[17] HBO adapted Generation Kill into an eponymous television miniseries first aired in 2008; Wright is portrayed by Lee Tergesen.

[18] Wright was hired by Paramount to write a script about Miami's "Cocaine Cowboys" Jon Roberts and Mickey Munday for Peter Berg to direct.

[20][21] In 2010, it was announced that director Ole Bornedal was filming a movie[22] inspired by an article Wright wrote for Time magazine called "Death of a Hostess".

[23] Wright's article was a profile of Japanese serial-rapist and killer Joji Obara he wrote in Tokyo for Time magazine.

[7] In 2004, Wright wrote an op-ed in The New York Times criticizing the U.S. military for allowing Iraq's insurgents to obtain weapons.