Matthew Norman first visited Cuba in 1995 when he spent a year living with a Cuban family in Centro Habana and taking courses at the University of Havana. He lives in South London and is the co-author of
The Rough Guide to Cuba. Fiona McAuslan is a journalist who writes on travel and lifestyle for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Independent, Bluepint, and Time Out London. She is the author of The Rough Guide to Cuba, The Rough Guide to Havana (with Matthew Norman), and The Rough Guide to Cuba 3 (also with Matthew Norman).