Marcia DeSanctis Instagram Website Marcia DeSanctis is a journalist specializing in first-person, broadly-reported features about place. These can be about anywhere on the map where culture, sustainability, history, natural beauty, and sometimes politics meet to unlock a fascinating story. Above all, she writes about what draws us to travel somewhere, and why, so often, we want to return. Her 2022 memoir-in-essays, “A Hard Place to Leave: Stories from a Restless Life,” explores the longing for travel coexists with the longing for home. She is also the author of the New York Times and international best-seller, “100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go,” a collection of narrative stories.• 35+ years of experience as a journalist• 20+ years of experience as a broadcast news producer working for ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, and Dow Jones• Former producer for Barbara Walters, working from New York City and Paris• Won five Lowell Thomas Awards from the Society of American Travel Writers for excellence in travel journalism, including one for travel journalist of the year• Included six times in “The Best Women's Travel Writing” series• Speaks French, Russian, Italian, and Spanish• Received a master’s degree in international relations 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