Kathryn O'Shea-Evans Kathryn O'Shea-Evans is an author, journalist, and editor based in Colorado's Front Range. A contributing editor at House Beautiful magazine, her bylines frequently appear in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and numerous other publications. Kathryn is a former senior editor at the Hearst Design Group and associate editor at Travel + Leisure. She has appeared as a guest lifestyle expert on Today, The Meredith Vieira Show, The Travel Channel, CBS, The Weather Channel, Fox & Friends, and MSNBC. She is the author of “Veranda: Elements of Beauty” (October 2020), “Veranda: A Room of One’s Own” (April 2019), and many co-authored titles for Rizzoli New York.• Instructor for the Columbia Publishing Course at Columbia University's School of Journalism• Received a master’s degree in journalism from Harvard University’s Extension School• A member of the Rocky Mountain Harvard University Club, the Denver Women’s Press Club (founded in 1898), and a certified Weeki Wachee mermaid 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