Catherine McMaster is a writer and editor with more than a decade of experience in lifestyle and travel journalism. She has contributed to titles including The Times, The Telegraph, The Australian, News.com.au and niche luxury publications, before swapping the glossy world of luxury travel for the messier, more beautiful realities of motherhood. Now based in Milan with her husband and young daughter, she is working on a book about becoming a mother in Italy, exploring cultural clashes, contradictions and moments of sweetness along the way. When she’s not writing, she’s usually chasing her toddler — and the next adventure.