Jen Mallia is an Edmonton-based writer, editor, and Oxford comma apologist.?She is a former senior editor of the CAA/AMA Insider magazines and has written for a host of publications, including The Globe and Mail. National Post, The Guardian, Today's Parent, and InStyle.?

Jen is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers and the Travel Media Association of Canada. She can't think of a better job than this one, which has given her the opportunity to play with sled-dog-in-training puppies in Alaska and sit in a giant fondue pot in the Alps while eating her body weight in melted cheese.

Don't ask her where her favourite place to travel is?�C she loves everywhere.