Frances Schultz, a native of Tarboro, North Carolina, is the former host of Turner South's Emmy Award-winning series Southern Living Presents and the author of several books, including Atlanta at Home, Atlanta at Table, and Ryan Gainey's The Well-Set Table. A regular contributor to House Beautiful and Veranda magazines, Schultz has also written for Town & Country and Town & Country Travel, among others. She lectures widely on the subjects of decoration, design, and entertaining, and currently resides in Manhattan. Paula S. Wallace is president and cofounder of the Savannah College of Art and Design, the largest art and design college in America, with campuses in Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia, and Lacoste, France. Additionally, she collaborates with a team of artists and designers responsible for the award-winning architecture and interiors of the college's historic buildings as well as numerous homes throughout the south. Under Wallace's stewardship, the college has been honored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Art Deco Societies of America, the American Institute of Architects, the International Downtown Association, and the Historic Savannah Foundation. She is the author of seven children's books and oversees the college's permanent art collection.

She lives in Savannah with her family.