CONTRIBUTORS

Carly Cooper

A content strategist by day and lifestyle writer by night, Carly Cooper has a passion for food, fashion, and travel. A contributing writer for Garden & Gun Atlanta magazine, and Simply Buckhead Carly enjoys spending time with her husband, six-year-old son, and four-year-old daughter at the pool, on the BeltLine, and at the city’s best restaurants.

Curt Holman

Curt Holman is an awardwinning editor, film critic, and content writer based in Atlanta. A former president of the Southeastern Film Critics Association, he has written for the Home Depot, WebMD, Creative Loafing Atlanta magazine, the Atlanta JournalConstitution and more. He has been the cohost of the Comics Canon podcast since 2016.

Jacinta Howard

Jacinta Howard is an Atlanta-based culture and entertainment writer, editor, and author. Her work has been featured in Atlanta magazine, Eater Atlanta, Creative Loafing Shondaland, BET, Thrillist, Paste magazine, Rock the Bells, and others. Read her work and find her books at jacintahoward.net

Mike Jordan

Mike Jordan is an Atlanta-based multimedia journalist. He is Resy’s Southeast editor, an on-air contributor at WABE, and a freelance writer for the Wall Street Journal the Guardian, Atlanta magazine, Eater, Playboy, Rolling Stone the Local Palate and Andscape. His work generally focuses on food, business, entertainment, technology, real estate, travel, and culture.

Tess Malone

Tess Malone is a writer and editor, digital content strategist, and social media manager focusing on culture and food. A former Atlanta magazine editor, she now writes about research for Georgia Tech. The avid baker also has a weekly newsletter, Procrastibaking Although originally from St. Paul, Minnesota, she has called Atlanta home since 2014.

Sydnee Mutuku

Sydnee Mutuku is a freelance writer and Atlanta native whose work has appeared in Oz Magazine She is a Georgia State University alum with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in film and media. She is a lover of all things literature and will always have a book in her hand.

Lia Picard

Lia Picard is a lifestyle writer who has called Atlanta home since 2013. Her work appears in Atlanta magazine, the New York Times the Wall Street Journal, and Garden & Gun, among other publications. When not writing, she’s exploring the Atlanta metro area with her husband and daughter.

Sucheta Rawal

Sucheta Rawal is an awardwinning food and travel writer, blogger, and speaker, and the author of the Beato Goes To series of children’s picture books on travel. She is also the founder of Go Eat Give, whose mission is to raise awareness of different cultures through travel, food, and community service.

Katja Ridderbusch

Katja Ridderbusch is an award-winning journalist based in Atlanta. Originally from Germany, her work has appeared in TIME U.S. News & World Report, the Washington Post and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She gravitates toward stories about healthcare and criminal justice and loves critters, cop shows, and curious places.

Laura Scholz

Laura Scholz is an Atlanta-based writer and editor who has covered travel, food, fashion, and fitness for Atlanta magazine, Bon Appétit Eater, InStyle Travel + Leisure, People Shape Women’s Running and more. She loves exploring Gwinnett’s many restaurants, greenways, and attractions with her sister and niece, who are Lilburn residents.

DeMarco Williams

DeMarco Williams is a proud Atlanta native who’s been cheering for the Braves since the Dale Murphy days. Over the years as a journalist, he’s grabbed coffee with Dominique Wilkins and discussed perfect steaks with Austin Riley. When he isn’t covering sports, he’s eating his way around the city as an Infatuation Atlanta food critic.