Sylvie Hogg Murphy is the author of Food Lovers' Guide to Kansas, Frommer's Rome Day by Day, and Frommer's Italian Islands, co-author of Frommer's Italy Day by Day and Frommer's 500 Islands, and received a Lowell Thomas award from the Society of American Travel Writers for her work on MTV Italy. She has also written online guides and audioguides for several destinations in Europe and the USA. After living in California, Rome, and New York City, Sylvie now resides in Overlook Park, Kansas with her husband and their three young sons.