Jacqueline Swartz grew up in San Francisco, has lived in Athens and Paris, and now parks her laptop in Toronto. Writing about politics from Athens, philosophy from Paris, and food from New Orleans, she brings a multi-dimensional view to her travel articles. They have appeared in most major publications in Canada, newspapers in the US and in Conde Nast Traveller in the UK. She has also written extensively about health and relationships for women's magazines, including Chatelaine in Canada and Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan in the US.