Jennifer Ash Rudick is the author of Palm Beach Chic, Out East: Houses and Gardens of the Hamptons, City of Angels: Houses and Gardens of Los Angeles, and Summer to Summer: Houses by the Sea. The design editor at large for Galerie magazine and a contributor to Veranda, she has written for numerous national publications. She is a producer of documentary films, including the Emmy-nominated Iris and Scandalous. A native of Palm Beach, she lives in New York. Nick Mele is a lifestyle, fashion, commercial, and interiors photographer who Veranda magazine called "a modern-day Slim Aarons." He is the photographer of A Newport Summer and his work has been featured in many print and online publications, including Town & Country, the New York Times, Avenue, Quest, Architectural Digest, Vogue, and Vanity Fair. Among his commercial clients are Ralph Lauren, Sam Edelman, J. McLaughlin, and Lilly Pulitzer. He divides his time between Newport, Rhode Island, in summer and Palm Beach in winter.