Suzanne Van Atten is a Los Angeles–based book critic and contributing editor for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A freelance writer specializing in arts, books, and travel, she’s been published in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Time Out, and Atlanta magazine, among other outlets. She’s also the author of Moon Puerto Rico travel guide, now in its fifth edition, and an essayist who’s been published in The Gettysburg Review, The Chattahoochee Review, and Full Grown People. She is working on her first novel.