Heather Sandy Hebert has spent her life immersed in literature, design, and wine. Raised in Marin County, she studied both literature and design, and earned an MBA along the way. After twenty-five years in the field of architecture, she embarked upon a second phase of her career, pursuing her love of storytelling. She now works with numerous design, hospitality, and wine clients, large and small, to help them craft and convey their stories. Her previous books are The New Architecture of Wine (Gibbs Smith, 2019), At Home in the Wine Country (coauthored with Ewald, Gibbs Smith, 2021), and Design Mixology (coauthored with Ewald, Gibbs Smith, 2023).

Chase Reynolds Ewald is the author of 18 books on architecture, design, rustic style and western living. Recent titles include Wild Sugar with artisan baker Lady in the Wild West, as well as At Home in the Wine Country and Design Mixology, coauthored with Heather Sandy Hebert. American Rustic, Rustic Modern, Cabin Style and Bison: Portrait of an Icon were published by Gibbs Smith with photographs by Audrey Hall. A graduate of Yale and U.C. Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, she lives in Northern California, works with clients across the country, and takes road trips across the West whenever possible.