Sophy Roberts is an award-winning writer based in England. She began her career assisting the writer Jessica Mitford, and trained in journalism at Columbia University in New York. She has worked as Editor-at-Large of Condé Nast Traveller, and held the same role at the US edition of Departures magazine from 2003 to 2015. She wrote a column for 10 years with The Financial Times called How To Spend It, and now writes across a wide range of international titles. Sophy has also worked a columnist and special correspondent for the US edition of Condé Nast Traveler, and travel editor of 1843 Magazine, published by The Economist.