NAVA ATLAS is the author of The Vegetarian Family Cookbook, The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet, Vegetariana, Vegan Express, and others. She has written dozens of articles for magazines such as the Vegetarian Times, Veggie Life, and Cooking Light. Nava maintains the popular vegetarian site In a Vegetarian Kitchen (vegkitchen), and the vegan blog Veggie Talk (blog.vegkitchen). She lives in the Hudson Valley region of New York with her family.