Manny Howard is a veteran of the magazine world, having written and/or edited for "New York", "The New York Times Magazine", "GQ", "Esquire", "Harper's", "Rolling Stone", "Gourmet", "Food & Wine", "Details", "Men's Journal", "Men's Health", "Harper's Bazaar", "Elle", "Marie Claire", "Cosmopolitan", "Us Weekly", "National Geographic", and "Travel & Leisure", among many others. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, two children, and a dwindling number of farm animals.