Ciao! I’m Tiffany Parks, a tour guide, travel consultant, published author, and host of The Bittersweet Life podcast. I have lived in Rome for over two decades and my passion is sharing this amazing city’s history, art, and monuments with inquisitive visitors. I’m a born storyteller, whether it be through books for young readers, podcasts for aspiring expats, or guided tours for curious travelers. My first book, Midnight in the Piazza, is an art mystery for Middle Grade readers, published by HarperCollins Children's in 2018. I am currently working on a Young Adult historical thriller trilogy set in Italy in 1600. The first book in the series, Saving Caravaggio, was awarded the PEN America/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship. I co-host and co-produce The Bittersweet Life, a weekly podcast about the joys and challenges of the expat experience. I am a widely published travel writer, with credits at Sydney Morning Herald, The Wall Street Journal's expat blog, Where Rome magazine, and several DK Eye Witness travel guides. In my free time, I’m a Caravaggio-chaser, an opera enthusiast, and an insatiable traveler.