Dan Buettner is the founder of the Blue Zones, a National Geographic fellow and explorer, and the author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100, as well as the other national bestsellers The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest, Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way, The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World’s Healthiest People, and The Blue Zones of Happiness. His research led to the establishment of the Blue Zones Project, which currently is working to transform 51 communities in the North America.