New York City - Grand Format

Regis St Louis: A Hoosier by birth. Regis grew up in a sleepy riverside town where he dreamed of big-city intrigue and small, expensive apartments. In 2001, he settled in New York, which had all that and more. Since then he has explored vast swaths of the city, from the Bronx to Brighton Beach, ever in search of both classic and bizarre NYC experiences. Regis' work has appeared in over 50 Lonely Planet guidebooks, and he has also written for many other organizations, including the BBC, the Telegraph and the Chicago Tribune.
When not on the road, Regis splits his time between Brooklyn and New Orleans. Cristian Bonetto has played both visitor and local in New York City, a place that won his heart way back in his Sesame Street diaper days. Indeed, his passion for the city saw New York Magazine name him one of the 'Reasons to Love New York' in 2014. Gotham's constant reinvention continues to feed an insatiable curiosity, one that has seen the one-time scriptwriter shed light on everything from lesser-known art collections to cognoscenti dumpling dens.
Cristian also contributed to the Planning and sleeping sections, as well as writing the Understand New York City features. Zora O'Neill moved to New York City in 1998, and moved immediately to Astoria, Queens. She still loves it every day, because she can eat great food and buy fresh produce 24 hours a day. Zora has written guidebooks since 2002; for Lonely Planet, she has covered Amsterdam, southern Spain and Egypt.
She is the author of All Strangers Are Kin, a travel memoir about studying Arabic and traveling in the Arab world.