Amy Thomas Amy Thomas is an award-winning writer and creative director. As an experienced food and travel journalist, she’s explored everything from cooking Persian food to how to spend 36 hours in Buenos Aires. As a creative director in the world of luxury advertising, she’s worked with brands ranging from Louis Vuitton and Rebecca Minkoff to Sephora and Bucherer. In 2012, she authored the best-selling “foodoir” book (food journalism meets memoir), “Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light (and Dark Chocolate).” She followed it up in 2018 with “Brooklyn In Love: A Memoir of Food, Family and Finding Yourself.”• 20+ years of experience working as a writer, editor, and creative director• Bylines in publications such as The New York Times, New York Post, National Geographic Traveler, Bust, T Magazine, New York Magazine, Town & Country, and Every Day with Rachael Ray• Author of “Brooklyn In Love” (2018), “Paris, My Sweet” (2012), and “Convertible Houses” (2007) About Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is a top travel media brand with a mission to inform and inspire passionate travelers. Our expert team includes a network of hundreds of writers and photographers across the globe, all providing a local eye on the best places to stay, eat, and explore. We reach an audience that takes 76 million round trips annually, offering valuable travel tips, ideas and inspiration, and products you need to get you to your destination — whether it’s a small town or big city, beach or lake, national park or theme park, road trip, cruise, or long-haul flight, and everything in between. Learn more about us and our editorial process