Susan Wales is a realtor in her hometown of Pacific Palisades, California, where she lives with her husband Ken Wales, a film producer, and her daughter, Megan Chrane. Founder and former president of The Chrane Group, Inc., a management consulting firm in Atlanta, Georgia, Susan is the coauthor (with Ann Platz) of A Match Made in Heaven I & II and From This Day Forward. She is a popular speaker, a producer, and is cochairman of the UCLA Family Development Center that educates and counsels at-risk mothers.

Ann Platz grew up with a deep appreciation for the art of beautiful living. Her love for southern elegance began in her South Carolina ancestral plantation home where her family's skill and passion for entertaining was legendary. She has brought this expertise to her Atlanta design firm for over 20 years.