Matt Gross was the “Frugal Traveler” columnist for the New York Times from 2006 to 2010, the creator of the Travel section’s “Getting Lost” series (2010 to 2012), and a contributor to magazines such as Saveur, Afar, and New York Magazine. Currently, he’s the editor of BonAppetit.com, and a founder of the parenting blog DadWagon.com. The Turk Who Loved Apples is his first book. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters.