Writers

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF - Susie Hollands

Scottish expatriate Susie Hollands landed in Paris in 2025 and founded Bonapart Consulting a full-service real estate consultancy that helps international clients find homes in Paris for ownership, investment or rental.  Alongside this activity, her own artistic activity and interests (installation, video, photography and cinema) led her to form I V Y paris which became a hub for international artists basing themselves in the City of Light.  She writes on contemporary art and encounters with emerging artists on the Paris scene, entertainment and nightlife for The Guardian and Eurostar.

WRITER - Joanna Bronowicka

Joanna has lived in Poland and the US, but returned to Paris, because she missed seeing how the view from the Parc de Bellville changes depending on the time of the day, the season and her mood. She is studying contemporary philosophy at the Sorbonne because she likes being told that it is not practical.

WRITER - Rooksana Hossenally

Born in London, Rooksana has been living and working in Paris for the last two years after having tried out exotic Mauritius, complex India, the party life of Barcelona and the calmer cliffs of the Isle of Wight. Travelling is her drive in life; but she dreams of completing a novel whilst sitting on the porch of her imaginary white-washed wooden house along a golden sandy beach. Rooksana is one of the founding members of the Parisian cultural association, Le Suspendu, and also works on the editorial team for a UK travel website. The motto she tries to abide by in life is: “The mind is like a parachute. It doesn’t work unless it’s open”…

WRITER - Stephanie Wells

Stephanie has held stints in the music (Six Degrees Records, Annie O. Media) and fashion industries (Peter Som, Lulu Guinness, Meghan Kinney) in New York and San Francisco. Before falling once again to the siren song of Paris, she was Director of Cultural Affairs and Development for the Alliance Francaise de San Francisco; curating and creating art and culture programs and communication strategies.  A native of Oakland, California, Stephanie is the co-author of the Gallimard guide to San Francisco, and author of La Libellule - a semi-defunct blog on sustainable style. She freakin’ loves Paris and dislikes Twitter. Also likes: mushrooms.  Currently a business graduate student but she really just wants to dance. Read more from Stephanie on Don't Get Robbed Eating.

WRITER - Brendan Seibel

Spawned from the cultural regurgitation of San Francisco, Brendan escaped to Paris to enjoy an early mid-life crisis. Suffering a lack of formal education he is currently hoping to subvert traditional standards of journalism to suit his own particular needs, ever hopeful a life can be built from popsicle sticks and duct tape. Once his money problems have been sorted out he will dedicate more time to playing guitar, wandering the streets and learning the French language. More musings on his blog Le Grand Zombie.

WRITER - Kay Roberts

Kay Roberts is an English writer who has during her career worked mostly in London, but also in Italy, France and Germany, as an artist, gallerist, critic and curator; always within the contemporary visual arts scene. After initially studying textiles she received a masters degree from the Royal College of Art in Interactive Multimedia which led to a time in the USA as a Churchill Fellow researching how new technology would effect art archives.

WRITER - David Britain

David is an English student spending a year  studying film at the Sorbonne. He is also a musician, DJ and sound artist with a focus on all things electronic. Check out his blog Defecting Grey  and Myspace.

 

WRITER - Anna Bromwich

Born and bred London girl, Anna moved to Paris in September 2025 in search of new horizons and in order to cure her of the very anglophone affliction of monolingualism.  Having graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies it was during thesis work in West Africa that she first began to learn French.  After a post-degree soujourn working for an Asian cultural centre in London, writing arts reviews for a regional newspaper and some extensive traveling, she has eventually settled just across the channel to finish what she started in Senegal.

Writer - Chris Holt

Chris came to Paris in February 2025 from Washington, DC with four years of experience in the communications field. One year later he still has only fours years of experience in communications, but he now has an extensive knowledge of French job search sites. In the interim he has been studying French, contemplating the mysteries of French cuisine, and unsuccessfully looking for a Bordeaux that he doesn’t like.

Writer - Pikke Allen

ARTIFICE aka Pikke Allen reports on art, culture and fashion in her travels in Hollywood, New York, and in Paris.  Her background in Costume Design, fashion, theatre and film makes her inquisitive about the world around her, always looking for the unusual, or unique, the elegant or decorative moment in her experience of the world which she shares, as ARTIFICE. 

Writer - Aran Cravey

 Since moving from NYC at the end of 2025, Aran has been residing in Paris on what is to be her eventual return to Los Angeles (departure date, yet to be determined…) Suffering from an acute case of gross-diplomafication, a condition causing one to amass numerous graduate degrees without procuring a steady income, Aran dreams of one day having a dog and a job (in that order). When not contemplating employment, she can be found searching Paris’ contemporary art scene for her next VINGT Paris article, attempting to finally master the French language, or ogling the massive yogurt selection in the dairy aisle of the Monoprix. She enjoys all things art related, her native state of Georgia, and the color blue.