Vivian Jao has more than two decades of experience as a chef, recipe developer, food stylist, caterer, and culinary producer. A former director of the test kitchen at Saveur and regular columnist for Every Day with Rachael Ray, Vivian has also had her work appear in outlets including Weight Watchers, Prevention, the Wall Street Journal, and Shape. Vivian is a co-author of Judy Joo’s Korean Food Made Simple. She has contributed to The MeatEater Fish and Game Cookbook, the Food Network Kitchens Cookbook, Edible Jersey Farmers’ Markets Cookbook, and more. Vivian is an IACP Awards Finalist in Instructional Writing.

Annie Auerbach is a New York Times bestselling author, and has written over 300 books for children. Under the pen name, A.A. Livingston, she has written the B. Bear & Lolly picture books books and co-authored the middle grade Audible hit The Worst Warlock. She lives outside Portland, Oregon with her husband and son.