Elaine Sciolino is a contributing writer and former Paris bureau chief at The New York Times, having previously served as the newspaper's chief diplomatic correspondent and United Nations bureau chief. She is the author of La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life, as well as the award-winning Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran. Her new book, The Only Street in Paris: Life on the Rue des Martyrs, will be published by W.W. Norton & Co. in November 2015. In 2010, she was decorated a chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. She lives in Paris with her husband.www.elainesciolino.comwww.facebook.com/theonlystreetinparis