A life-long New Orleanian, Sharon Keating is a lawyer by profession. She is also a student of the colorful history, unique customs, and varied architecture of New Orleans. She has served as a licensed tour guide for the City of New Orleans and has volunteered for several tourist information organizations. Sharon is the author of New Orleans in Photographs, and New Orleans Then and Now, and was a contributor to the website New Orleans for Visitors. Sharon has had many years of experience hosting numerous galas and fundraisers in her 150-year-old haunted home, along with Cornelia, the party-loving ghost. She is very familiar with both liquid and otherworldly spirits.  Christi Keating Sumich holds a PhD in history from Tulane University and also holds a Master’s degree in English. She is a lifelong resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, and has taught history classes at Tulane University and Loyola University New Orleans. Christi is the author of Divine Doctors and Dreadful Distempers. Her research interests include the social history of death and disease. She is Halloween obsessed and a fan of all things spooky season, including her black cat, Admiral Randall Fancypants.
 
Sharon and Christi are co-authors of The Brandy Milk Punch. Together this mother-daughter duo has been mixing up libations using local ingredients since Christi was tall enough to reach the bar.