Emily Gerard

Emily Gerard is a Brooklyn-based journalist with a background in newspaper, magazine, and television writing. She wrote restaurant reviews for the Daily Pennsylvanian before heading to Vanity Fair, covering everything from New York’s Halloween dog parade to cutting-edge beauty treatments and pop culture. At age 24, she became the youngest-ever writer of ABC News’s storied daily news program Nightline. She loves to cook and entertain and orients vacation travel around culinary experiences. Find her chef profiles on Cool Hunting and her travel guides here on Hotels Above Par. Published in: TODAY, Yahoo Life, Yahoo News, AOL, NBC News, NBC Out, Vanity Fair, Cool Hunting, and Thrive Global, among other publications.

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