Jen Murphy, a regular ϳԹ contributor and its online travel-advice columnist, splits her time between Maui, Hawaii, and Boulder, Colorado. She is the former travel editor of Food and Wine magazine and deputy editor of Afar. She regularly contributes travel stories to Bloomberg, Condé Nast Traveler, Travel and Leisure, and the Houston Chronicle, among other publications. She edited a number of Wildsam travel guides, including the New England and Hawaii editions.
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