Gabriella Paiella
Gabriella Paiella is a senior staff writer at GQ, where she covers culture in all forms. She’s profiled Nicolas Cage, Jeremy Strong, Zoë Kravitz, Jacob Elordi, and Paul Mescal for the cover of the magazine, explored why men are so obsessed with the 2003 nautical drama Master and Commander, and exposed the secret of the Husband Meal. Her story Casual Luke Rides the Big Wave, about a local lifeguard who improbably won the biggest surf contest in the world, was featured in The Year’s Best Sports Writing 2024. Her writing has also been published by New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, and The Guardian. You can read some of it here. She’s based in New York City and, yes, her name rhymes.