Lorna Parkes (Central District, the Peak & Northwest Hong Kong Island) : Londoner by birth, Melburnian by palate and former Lonely Planet staffer in both cities, Lorna has contributed to numerous Lonely Planet books and magazines. She's discovered she writes best on planes, and is most content when researching food and booze. Wineries and the tropics (not at the same time ! ) are her go-to happy places, but Yorkshire will always be special to her.
Follow her @Lorna_Explorer. Lorna also wrote the Plan Your Trip, Understand Hong Kong and Survival Guide chapters. Piera Chen (Aberdeen & South Hong Kong Island, New Territories, Outlying Islands, Macau) : Piera is a travel writer who divides her time among Hong Kong (hometown), Taiwan and Vancouver when not on the road. She has authored over a dozen travel guides and contributed to as many travel-related titles.
Piera has a BA in literature from Pomona College. Her early life was peppered with trips to Taiwan and China to visit relatives, and then to Southeast Asia, where her father was working. But it was during her first trip to Europe that dawn broke. She remembers being fresh off a flight in Rome, looking around and thinking, "I want to be doing this everyday." And she has. Thomas O'Malley (Wan Chai & Northeast Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, Shenzhen) : A British writer based in Beijing, Tom is a world-leading connoisseur of cheap eats, dive bars, dark alleyways and hangovers.
He has contributed travel stories to everywhere from the BBC to Playboy, and reviews hotels for the Telegraph. Under another guise, he is a comedy scriptwriter. Follow him by walking behind at a distance.
