Jeanne Bourin is an award-winning French novelist.

John Feltwell, a British naturalist, has written several books including Butterflies and Moths and Geraniums and Pelargoniums.

Nathalie Bailleux, a French historian, has published a book on fashion and clothing.

Odile Perrard, a novelist lives in France and has written several novels.

Mariarosa Schiaffino, author of Chocolate and Goya. She lives in Italy.

RĂ©gine Kopp is a journalist and lives in France.

Corby Kummer is one of the most respected food journalists in the U.S. and a senior editor of The Atlantic Monthly. Kummer writes regularly for Martha Stewart Living, Self, the New York Times Magazine, and Food & Wine, and has authored The Joy of Coffee and The Pleasures of Slow Food.