E.A. Emerson is the pen name for Beth Aldrich, the author of, Real Moms Love to Eat, and former PBS-TV host of For Her Information. She serves as President of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation Auxiliary Board and volunteers at her son's high school, in fundraising and the theater department. Similar to her protagonist, she studied culinary arts at Le Cordon Bleu in Chicago and her two Tibetan Terrier dogs are always at her side as she writes from her sunny kitchen. Her author website is BethAldrich.com.