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Contributors "What was the last book you read and loved?" 36 BAL HARBOUR A former hedge fund attorney, Bee Shapiro is now a contributing columnist to The New York Times Fashion & Style section. Her work has also been featured in Vanity Fair, W, Harper's Bazaar and Fast Company. "Maria Semple's 'Where'd You Go, Bernadette?' was zingy and hilarious, really a perfect travel read with wit and excellent storytelling. Although I have to admit I'm a tad biased in this case—the story is set in Seattle, my hometown, and one of the main characters is named Bee!" Lynn Yaeger is a fashion writer who lives in New York City and has an imaginary apartment in Paris, where she spends all, or at least most, of her time visiting flea markets. She writes frequently for Vogue, The New York Times' T magazine, Travel + Leisure and the Sundance Channel's Full Frontal Fashion website. "The last book I read and loved is Dave Van Ronk's 'The Mayor of MacDougal Street,' a memoir about the Greenwich Village folk scene in the '50s and '60s, that I wanted to read after seeing 'Inside Llewyn Davis.'" 34 BAL HARBOUR Kate Betts is a contributing editor at Travel+Leisure and was until 2009 the editor of Time Style & Design, a special supplement to the magazine. Previously, Betts was editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar and the fashion news director of Vogue. She is the author of the book "Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style" (Potter Style). "'Let The Great World Spin' by Colum McCann. The stories collide in the most unexpected and beautiful fashion in this sweeping novel about love and loss." British-born, New York-based Mark Ellwood has lived out of a suitcase for most of his life. After college, Ellwood moved to New York to become a print and broadcast journalist, specializing in luxury goods, travel, fashion and contemporary art. He contributes regularly to the Financial Times Weekend, HowToSpendIt.com, Bloomberg Businessweek, W and Departures. His new book, "Bargain Fever: How to Shop in a Discounted World" (Penguin/Portfolio), was released last fall. "Hands down: Kate Atkinson's 'Life After Life.' She's a Scottish author with an effortless brilliance. The book is like a lyrical, magical realist 'Groundhog Day.'"