Chanize Thorpe is a New York-based freelance writer and editor specializing in travel and consumer interest subjects.

A former military "brat", Chanize has lived throughout Europe and is considered a Caribbean-island connoisseur.

Her work has appeared in Brides Magazine, "Latitudes", American Eagle's in-flight pub, Essence, Cooking Light, the New York Daily News, the New York Post,  New York Magazine online and other publications.