Michelle Young is an award-winning journalist and author. Her latest book, The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of World War II Resistance Hero Rose Valland was named a Best Book of 2025 by the New York Public Library, Library Journal, Hyperallergic, and the 2026 Massachusetts Book Award Honors Title. The Art Spy is also a finalist for the Marfield Prize—The National Award for Arts Writing—The Lambda Literary Prize, and the Massachusetts Book Award, and was
longlisted for the 2025 American Library of Paris Book Award.

Michelle’s work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Airmail, The Forward, Town & Country, and Narratively. She is a graduate of Harvard College in the History of Art and Architecture and holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, where she is a Professor of Architecture. She is the founder of the publication Untapped
New York.

Kate Reggev, AIA, is an architect, historian, and project manager specializing in adaptive reuse and historic buildings. She currently manages the design and construction for the Cohen Career Collective at LaGuardia Community College (CUNY) in Long Island City, which will be the largest vocational training facility in the region. She previously worked at Zubatkin Owner Representation and the architecture firm of Beyer Blinder Belle. Kate also writes for design publications Dwell and Architectural Digest, teaches at Columbia University, and authors a historical column for online platform Madame Architect. Kate holds M. Arch and M.S. in Historic Preservation degrees from Columbia University and a B.A. in Architecture, cum laude, from Barnard College.