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ALEXANDER LOBRANO À la Carte restaurant writer Alexander is a Connecticut Yankee who’s called Paris home for 20 years, writes the Eurofi le column for the New York Times, and regularly contributes articles on food and travel to Condé Nast


Traveler, Forbes Life, Saveur and other publications.


JENNIFER LADONNE Writer, editor and longtime Manhattanite, Jennifer struck out for Paris in 2004 and never looked back. A regular features writer for France Today, Jennifer also covers dining and shopping for Fodor’s Paris Travel Guide and is a frequent contributor to Fodor’s blog.


LINDA JOHNSON-BELL An award-winning, US-born wine author, Linda was educated and trained in France before moving to London in 1996 as Editor of the French Vintage Magazine. She travels regularly as a European competition judge, runs


www.thewinelady.com and lives in Oxford, London and Venice.


THIRZA VALLOIS


Thirza Vallois has lived in Paris for nearly half a century. She’s the author of the three-volume series Around and About Paris; Romantic Paris; and Aveyron, A Bridge To French Arcadia. She also wrote Hemispheres’ award-winning story and video, Three Perfect Days in Paris.


THEADORA BRACK After ten years at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Theadora moved to


Montmartre in 2003, to write for the travel website Eurocheapo.com and founded her own blog, People, Places and Bling: Theadora’s Field Guide to Shopping in Paris. www.peopleplacesandbling.com


PAULINE HARRIS A British-born journalist and translator, Pauline has lived and worked in every corner of France, from Paris to Réunion. Pauline’s writing about culture and travel has appeared in the Financial Times, Monocle, Courrier International, and many other publications.


MARY WINSTON NICKLIN France Today’s Web Editor is an experienced travel writer based in Paris. A Harvard graduate, she’s been published in a wide variety of media outlets, including Afar, Business Traveller, Luxury Travel Advisor and Ocean Home. In addition, she served as the founding editor of The Informed Traveler.


KRISTIN ESPINASSE The American-born author and photographer lives with her French husband Jean-Marc and their two children on a wine and olive farm near Bandol in Provence. She’s the author of Words in a French Life: Lessons in Love and Language from the South of France, and runs the French Word-a-Day weblog and newsletter.


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