A native of the rice capital of Crowley, Louisiana, Erin Z. Bass has more than 15 years of writing experience and received her bachelor's in Journalism from Louisiana State University. She has worked as a staff writer for The Times of Acadiana and Independent Weekly in Lafayette, House and Home magazine in Baton Rouge, Macy's West communications department in San Francisco and been published in Coastal Living magazine, The Times Picayune and Southern Breeze magazine. She finally figured out how to become a travel writer about seven years ago and publishes Deep South with the help of interns across the Southeastern U.S. She lives in Lafayette, LA with her husband and daughter.