American author and magazine writer Benjamin Wallace is widely known as the first husband of the Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair, Jessica Pressler.
Benjamin Wallace was born on September 12, 1968, in United States to Daphne Wallace and Don Wallace Jr. His father was a professor emeritus of international law at Georgetown University.
Benjamin majored in English with a minor in philosophy at Georgetown University.
In 2008, Wallace published The Billionaire’s Vinegar: The Mystery of the World’s Most Expensive Bottle of Wine. It debuted at #10 on the New York Times bestseller list. Upon publication, The Economist described it as “a great tale, well told,” and The New York Times called it “one of the rare books on wine that transcends the genre
Between May 2011 and June 2017, he worked as a Contributing Editor for New York Magazine.
He currently works as a Features writer at New York magazine and a Contributing editor at Vanity Fair.
Benjamin Wallace and Jessica Pressler married on April 26, 2008 at the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. The wedding was officiated by Sean E. Mullen, an Episcopal priest and Gerard Sloyan, a Roman Catholic priest participated in the ceremony.
However, the pair divorced in 2022.