I'm a New York-based writer and photographer specializing in
non-fiction writing and documentary photography.

My book Glitter and Concrete: A Cultural History of Drag
in New York City is out now from Hanover Square Press.
It was named a 2024 Stonewall Honor Book for the
Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Book Award, one of Vogue’s
Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2023, one of Booklist’s Best
History Books of 2023, and is currently shortlisted for
a Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ+ Nonfiction.

I am represented by Melissa Danaczko at Stuart Krichevsky
Agency. My writing and photography have been published in 
Vogue, Vanity Fair, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, 
The New Yorker, them., InsideHook, Artforum, Elle, VICE, 
New York, i-D, and many others. I’m also the host and
curator of the Miss Manhattan Non-Fiction Reading Series.

I like wearing leopard print and red lipstick,
often at the same time.

To contact me, please reach out via email at
elyssa [at] miss-manhattan [dot] com.