Courtney Dial Whitmore is the author of the best-selling The Southern Entertainer's Cookbook and four other books on food and entertaining. She founded Pizzazzerie.com, where her festive recipes and creative entertaining ideas have been featured by Southern Living, HGTV, Better Homes & Gardens, and Martha Stewart. Courtney lives in Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband and their two daughters, Blakely and Ivy. She and her mother, Phronsie Horton Dial, work side by side in Charleston, sharing a lifelong passion for celebrating life's sweetest traditions. Writing this book together has been a dream many years in the making, one that finally brings the magic of gingerbread and Christmas to life.

Cameron Wilder is a lifestyle and editorial photographer focused on helping individuals and brands create imagery that resonates and tells their story in an authentic way?featured in the pages of Southern Living, Garden & Gun, Vogue, Condé Nast Traveller, and more. A native South Carolinian, Cameron calls Charleston home, where he lives with his wife, Tolly, and son, Brooks.