Janet Hulstrand is a writer, editor, writing coach, and teacher who divides her time between France and the United States. She writes frequently for Bonjour Paris, France Today, France Revisited, and for her blog, Writing from the Heart, Reading for the Road. She created and has taught  “Paris: A Literary Adventure” for the City University of New York in Paris nearly every summer since 1997, and she also leads “Writing from the Heart” workshop/retreats in Champagne. Demystifying the French is her second book. She is coauthor of  Moving On: A Practical Guide to Downsizing the Family Home and of the blog Downsizing the Home: Lessons Learned. She is currently working on a literary memoir, A Long Way from Iowa.