Lindsey Tramuta is a culture and travel writer for The New York Times, Condé Nast Traveler, Fortune, and Afar Magazine. Based in Paris since 2006, she is the author of the bestselling book “The New Paris: the People, Places & Ideas Fueling a Movement” (Abrams, 2017) that addressed the French capital’s many evolutions in the last decade through a sociological and cultural lens. Her next book, about women shaping Paris, will be released by Abrams in April 2020. She lives in the 11th arrondissement with her husband and two devilishly handsome cats, Leo and Charlie.  

An acclaimed food and travel writer, Paul Richardson left London for Spain in 1989. He writes for some of the UK’s most prestigious publications, including Condé Nast Traveller and the Financial Times, and is the author of A Late Dinner: Discovering the Food of Spain (Bloomsbury). Paul and his husband Nacho produce their own olive oil, wine, ham, fruit, and vegetables, on their twelve-acre organic farm in Extremadura.

A longtime Floridian and freelance travel writer since 2001, Terry Ward speaks several languages and has contributed to such publications as The Los Angeles Times Magazine, National Geographic Traveler and Scuba Diving Magazine. Over the years, she’s called France, Germany, Australia and New Zealand home. Terry once spent four months sailing the entire Norwegian coast and circumnavigating the Arctic island of Svalbard, home to more polar bears than people, on a friend’s small boat. She lives in Tampa with her Cuban husband and their two young children.

Kasia Dietz is a handbag designer and writer from New York, with a passion for art, fashion, and travel, who followed her heart (and a handsome Italian) to Paris in 2009. Kasia writes about travel, lifestyle, and fashion for magazines and sites including CN Traveller, BBC Travel, Fodor’s, Architectural Digest, National Geographic, Fathom, France Today, Bonjour Paris, Thrillist, Hemispheres, Metropolitan, Evening Standard, and Independent.

Anja Mutic is an award-winning travel writer who splits time between Croatia and New York. Having lived, worked and traveled on all continents except Antartica, Anja writes for publications like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, AFAR and National Geographic Traveler.

Mandy Sinclair swapped life as a communications professional in the Canadian public sector for life in Marrakech. With an updated black book of contacts and a desire to share her love of Morocco, Mandy works as a travel consultant, owns Tasting Marrakech food and cultural tours, and most recently launched Why Morocco, a podcast featuring the creative and inspiring personalities she meets while living in Morocco.

An American journalist based in Hong Kong, Kate Springer covers dining, design, culture, and travel for international publications such as CNN Travel, Condé Nast Traveler, Vogue, Travel & Leisure, Food & Wine, Tatler, National Geographic Traveler, Sotheby’s, Forbes Travel Guide, and more. She’s known to drop everything for the promise of xiao long bao, a road trip, or a negroni—preferably all at once. 

Sarah Khan has lived in Canada, Saudi Arabia, India, South Africa, and the U.S., and throughout her peripatetic upbringing, India has remained the one constant—Hyderabad is perhaps the city where she feels most at home. As a travel journalist, she’s written about various parts of the country for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, Saveur, and others, winning multiple awards for her work.