Laura Fraser

Laura Fraser is an author and journalist whose books include the memoirs All Over the Map, The Risotto Guru, and An Italian Affair, which was a New York Times bestseller. She spent a summer in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, when she was 10 years old, and developed a life-long love of languages, travel, and Mexican crafts. In 2008, she built a small house near the artisan market in that town, and divides her time between Mexico and San Francisco. She is a longtime member of the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, and is the editorial director and cofounder of Shebooks.net. In addition to the stories she’s contributed to the Craftsmanship website, she also contributes to our Substack channel.