Ellise Pierce is an award-winning journalist who writes books, articles, and content on a variety of subjects, from business and technology to luxury travel the culinary arts. While living in Paris, she wrote the best-selling cookbook/memoir, Cowgirl Chef: Texas Cooking with a French Accent, a collection of stories and recipes that captured her homesickness for Texas and big love for France. She has written for Newsweek, People, Texas Monthly, The Dallas Morning News, and The New York Times/T Brand.