Madeline Bilis Madeline Bilis is a writer, editor, and guidebook author based in New England. She began writing for Travel + Leisure in 2019 when she joined the magazine as an assistant editor. Madeline has road-tripped up the rugged coast of Maine to uncover nature-focused retreats and innovative restaurants for an issue of T+L, and hopped aboard a hot air balloon in Park City, Utah, to describe the majesty of the Wasatch Mountains for Boston magazine. She writes (and travels) with an eye toward architecture, urbanism, and the outdoors.• Nearly a decade of experience working as a writer and editor• Published a hiking guidebook, “50 Hikes in Eastern Massachusetts,” in August 2019• Received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Emerson College• Won the Victoria Snelgrove Award for Journalism Ethics 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