Meet the Author, Stephen Millar

New York Offbeat Walks is a pocket-size guide containing 12 walks covering Manhattan. It is not a guide to the mainstream, but the quirkier side of Manhattan, for jaded residents who want to rediscover their city and explore areas they often overlook.

This is NOT your typical guide—this book will show you the quirkier side of Manhattan. See where the slave market was in Colonial Manhattan, and learn who streets were named after. Visit the site of Studio 54, CBGBs, William S. Burroughs’ Bunker, and John Lennon’s Nutopia. Walk through streets you’ll recognize from The Godfather, When Harry Met Sally, The Devil Wears Prada, and other famous movies. Experience everything from tiny community gardens, Holly Golightly’s brownstone masonic symbols to skyscrapers beloved by billionaires . . .
Each walk covers lesser-known architectural, historical, and cultural highlights.

Stephen Millar was raised in Scotland and lived in London for 20 years before moving back to his homeland. A regular visitor to New York over the last three decades, Stephen is the author and photographer of the best-selling series London’s Hidden Walks (volumes 1-4) and Edinburgh’s Hidden Walks. His other books include Secret Glasgow, London’s City Churches, and Lust, Lies and Monarchy. He has also written for publications such as The Sunday Herald, The Scotsman, and iNews. Stephen regularly leads groups of walkers exploring routes in his books or new walks he is researching.

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