About the editor

Gary Lee Kraut is the author of five travel guides to France and Paris as well as numerous articles, essays, short stories, and op-ed pieces concerning travel, culture, cross-culture, and expatriate life. He is the recipient of FrancePress’s 1995 Prix d’Excellence for his guide to France published in the Fielding Guidebook Collection.

Following the publication of his critically acclaimed guide Paris Revisited: The Guide for the Return Traveler, he founded the companion site ParisRevisited.com. That site evolved into the current online magazine France Revisited, created under the patronage of Words Travel International, Inc. and launched in January 2009.

Gary Lee Kraut has lectured extensively in the United States and France, using stories and insights from his travel, touring, and expatriate experiences to reveal how our most rewarding travel experiences are ones in which we find a personal connection with our route or destination. Directly and through top-flight travel agents he has assisted hundreds of travelers seeking highly personalized advice on traveling in France.

Gary Lee Kraut is a member of the North American Travel Journalist Association, the Association des journalistes du patriomoine (for journalists covering all forms of French cultural heritage), and the Association de la presse étrangère (the Foreign Press Association in France).

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