About the Author(s)

Judy Schultz is an award-winning author of 12 books, including Looking for China: Travels on a Silk Road; Mamie's Children: Three Generations of Prairie Women; Nibbles and Feasts, a Book of Eating; Jean Pare: Appetite for Life, and Freddy's War. She also co-authored The Food Lover's Guide to Alberta, Volumes 1 and 2. Judy divides her time between Alberta and New Zealand, and now writes food mysteries. Her first book of short revenge stories (Best Served Cold) was published in 2017. Her work in progress is a novella called Bad Habits.

Mary Bailey publishes the Edmonton edition of the City Palate, an independent bi-monthly magazine specializing in the local food scene. Her work has also appeared in Cooking at Home and on the Telus Alberta.com website. Her Background is in hospitality and wine. She is a certified wine educator, a member of the Society for Wine Educators, the Northern Alberta chapter director for Slow Food and a past director for Cuisine Canada, the national association of food professionals.