Benoit Denizet-Lewis is a Contributing Writer with The New York Times Magazine, where he writes about American culture. He is the author of two upcoming books, both to be published in January 2009 by Simon & Schuster. The first, America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life, is a narrative nonfiction account of two to three years in the lives of eight addicts. The second, American Voyeur: Dispatches from the Far Reaches of Modern Life, is a collection of Benoit's previously published writing.

Benoit speaks nationally on a variety of issues—including youth culture, addiction, and sex and sexuality—and has appeared on many television and radio programs, including “Anderson Cooper 360”, “The O'Reilly Factor”, “Good Morning America”, and NPR's “Talk of the Nation”.

Formerly a senior writer at Boston Magazine and staff writer at the San Francisco Chronicle, Benoit's work has also appeared in Details, Sports Illustrated, ESPN the Magazine, Spin, Out, Salon, Slate, JANE, and others, and he has taught magazine and nonfiction writing at Tufts, Emerson College, and Northeastern University. In 2004, he was the recipient of an Alicia Patterson Fellowship.