Cody Delistraty is a journalist and speechwriter in New York City. He has written reported stories, profiles and essays for The New York Times, The New Yorker and The Atlantic, among many others. He has served as culture editor at The Wall Street Journal‘s magazine, the European arts columnist for The Paris Review, and as features editor of the Paris-based magazine Mastermind. He holds degrees in history and politics from NYU and Oxford. British Vogue named him one of the best young writers of the year.