Polly Devlin is a writer, broadcaster and filmmaker. She holds an
OBE for services to literature. After spending her childhood in
Northern Ireland, at the age of twenty-two she took up her first
job - as a writer, and soon features editor, on British Vogue, at
the heart of 1960s London. A couple of years later she was again
transported, to New York, to work for Diana Vreeland on American
Vogue - where, once more, she was very much part of the scene she
wrote about in her newspaper column and articles including for The
Sunday Times, New Statesman and Observer. Her first book, All of Us
There, is now a Virago Modern Classic. The most recent, New York:
Places to Write Home About (Pimpernel Press, 2017; published in the
United States by Gibbs Smith, as New York: Behind Closed Doors) was
greeted with delight on both sides of the Atlantic. She now divides
her time between London and New York, where, until her recent
retirement, she taught Creative Non-Fiction at Barnard College,
Columbia University. Polly Devlin lives in West London.
Annie Schlecter is a native New Yorker who has been working as a
photographer since 1998. Her clients include†New York
Magazine,†T-Magazine,†House Beautiful,†Travel + Leisure,†The World
of Interiors, Neue Galerie, Marianna Kennedy and Joe Serrins Studio
among others. She has worked on numerous book projects with clients
such as Jonathan Adler,†Martha Stewart Living,†Real Simple†and The
Little Bookroom, for whom she has photographed and designed a
series of Italian cookbooks.†She enjoys eating, travel and polka
dots.
"Our Book of the Week, New York: Places to Write Home About,
features styles for every taste, from the totally bonkers to the
restrained and elegant."
*The Times*
"Matching the flamboyant, elegant interiors is Devlin's writing -
disarmingly frank about her subjects, the book makes for a very
funny and absorbing read. It's a coffee table book that you'll buy
for others, but want to keep yourself."
*A Little Bird*
"The text is dense and thick with adjectives, but informative, and
studded with loads of juicy quotes...the erudite Ms Devlin is an
entertaining tour guide. If you're the kind of design geek who
cherishes her Decoration of Houses and Authentic Decor, you'll want
to own this book."
*World of Interiors*
"Outstandingly rare and precious."
*Guardian*
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