Laura Fraser is a San Francisco-based journalist whose latest book, All Over the Map, came out in June (Harmony). The book is a travel memoir, and a sequel to her 2001 New York Times bestseller, An Italian Affair. Laura’s first book,an exposé of the diet industry, was Losing It.

Laura’s articles have been featured in The New York Times; O, the Oprah Magazine; Gourmet; Afar; Tricycle Buddhist Review; Vogue; Mother Jones; More; Health; Salon.com; and numerous other magazines and anthologies.

Laura has taught writing at local universities and national workshops. She works with several other San Francisco writers and filmmakers in a collective called The Grotto, where she also regularly teaches classes. In October, she’s teaching a writing workshop in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Laura has kept a list of all the books she’s read since she was 13.