Conner Gorry Author

Author and journalist Conner Gorry moved to Havana in 2002 where she reports on the Cuban health system for MEDICC Review and other outlets. Recognized as an expert on Cuban health, Gorry has been embedded multiple times with Cuba’s post-disaster medical team in places as diverse as Pakistan and Haiti. She has authored dozens of guides for Lonely Planet and her poems, essays, and travel tales appear in many anthologies. In 2013, she opened the island’s only English-language bookstore, Cuba Libro, an ethically- and socially-responsible business. She is a founding member of RESPECT (Responsible & Ethical Cuba Travel). Her most recent book is Cuban Harleys, Mi Amor, with photographs by Max Cucchi. She writes about contemporary life in Cuba on her blog Here Is Havana.