Kat Garbis

Kat Garbis' first publication has been alongside author, Joseph Pillsbury, for "Actual Factual Magic: The Simplified Guide to Walt Disney World" with their third edition published in 2018. Their latest edition has been released in September of 2021. Kat has been going to Disney for the last 30 years and became a Disney World expert over the decades. It was easy for her to write about a place that has "all her favorite things and brings nonstop joy."

Kat loves to travel the world and is passionate about food and cooking. Her love for food not only comes from being in Chicago, a foodie utopia, but is a self-taught home cook with a food blog, www.fancyathome.com. She is actively authoring a cookbook, Fancy At Home (publication TBD).

Kat is an alumnus of DePaul University in Chicago where she studied Political Science and Creative Writing. In 2012, Kat took up a pastime of blogging on TripAdvisor. Fun fact: Kat dedicated her TripAdvisor account solely to her Disney travel experiences. Kat began to write reviews, tips, and tricks about Disney World, she became one of the top 6% most-read reviewers of all time out of 100 million reviews and opinions in 2013.

Kat has a loving yellow labrador and currently resides in Chicago where she is working on additional manuscripts for her readers to enjoy in the future.