Matt Ortile is the author of the essay collection The Groom Will Keep His Name. He is a columnist at Condé Nast Traveler, and was previously the executive editor of Catapult magazine and the founding editor of BuzzFeed Philippines. He has written for Esquire, American Vogue, Vogue Philippines, BuzzFeed News, and elsewhere. He is a graduate of Vassar College, which means he now lives in Brooklyn, where he is working on a novel.