Alton Brown is the writer, director, and host of the Food Network show Good Eats, which won a 2007 Peabody Award, the first cooking show to be so honoured since Julia Child's The French Chef, more than 40 years ago. Brown is also the resident food historian, scientist, and colour commentator of the network's Iron Chef America series. He is the author of six cookbooks for STC, including the New York Times-bestselling Good Eats: The Early Years, Good Eats: The Middle Years, I'm Just Here for the Food, which won a James Beard Award, Alton Brown's Gear for Your Kitchen, I'm Just Here for More Food, and Feasting on Asphalt. He lives near Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, daughter, and two dogs.