Silvana Franco is a young food writer based in London. Silvana got a college work placement at BBC Worldwide writing for BBC Vegetarian Good Food magazine. She soon progressed to senior writer on its sister paper, BBC Good Food, and later moved on to work as Food Editor for M&S Magazine before moving into the world of TV. She has written many other cookbooks including The Hi Lo Cookbook: 60 High Energy Low Fat Recipes (BBC Books), Natural Born Fillers (Cassell Illustrated), Pizza (Ryland, Peters & Small), and Family Food (Quadrille Publishing).