CONTRIBUTORS

ETHAN COEN

Filmmaker and writer Ethan Coen, half of the Coen brothers, examines Manhattan's Atlantic Theater Company in "Atlantic Overtures," on page 84, in honor of its 30th anniversary. "For some people, 80s New York recalls Studio 54," says Coen. "For me it recalls Tad's Steaks and the Yoshinoya Beef Bowl. The Atlantic Theater was also around then, and of all of them is the only one left. I guess they offered the best product."

SARAH ELLISON

For her investigation of the National Rifle Association, 'Whose N.R.A. Is It?," on page 102, Contributing Editor Sarah Ellison visited Newtown, Connecticut—the location of the Sandy Hook school massacre—attended gun shows, went to shooting ranges, and even joined the N.R.A. Her reporting afforded her an insider's understanding of how the lobbying juggernaut galvanizes and maintains its membership. Says Ellison, "I don't think there's ever been a more successful fear campaign."

BENJAMIN WALLACE

For "St. George's Hidden Dragons," on page 116, Contributing Editor Benjamin Wallace visited Rhode Island's St. George's School, currently embroiled in a sex-abuse scandal spanning decades. As he studied the school's history and heard the victims' horrifying stories, Wallace reports, he was surprised by the mood on campus. "It was vibrant, with students and teachers far removed from the troubled past. It seemed like a different school than the one I was there to write about."

NICHOLAS SHAXSON

Donald Trump is the only Republican presumptive presidential nominee in recent history not to release his tax returns. But with the aid of other documents, tax-haven expert Nicholas Shaxson, in "Snakes on a Campaign," on page 110, addresses questions such as: How much does he pay in taxes? Has he broken any laws? "Trump shook up the politics of Scotland to get what he wanted," says Shaxson. "He's been playing governments like a fiddle."

DEREK BLASBERG

"I used to think my family put the fun in dysfunctional— until I met Billie," Our Man on the Street Derek Blasberg says of this month's It Girl, Billie Lourd, who will appear in Star Wars: Episode VIII and is profiled in "Lourd Knows," on page 122. "The most fabulous part is how nonchalant she can be about it all: 'Oh, that's just Granny Debbie or Mama Carrie.' " (That's Reynolds and Fisher.) Blasberg is the host of CNN Style, which debuted in April.