Nao Hauser is a food/culture/travel journalist who has written about restaurants in New York City and all over the world for Bon Appetit, Food & Wine, Travel & Leisure, and many other magazines and newspapers. Her other novels include "Bronoff's Rules" and "An Imperfect Candidate." She lives in Manhattan, where the devastation she witnessed on 9/11 inspired her to express in The Restaurant Reviewer her appreciation of the enduring beauty of New York City, its history, and its depth of humanity.