Mary Huddleston is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Please Be Seated, the premier event rental company in Nashville. She started her career as an event coordinator in Dallas, initially at Diamond Affairs Weddings & Special Events, and later helped launch the wedding division of nationally-recognized Todd Events. Mary’s career inspired Without A Hitch, her debut novel about the high-stakes world of luxury Southern weddings. She also has a lifestyle platform, Mrs. Southern Social, focused on modern, at-home entertaining and is developing two curated collections with the Southern Living Collection at Dillard’s. Her work has been featured in Southern Living, Southern Lady, StyleBlueprint and NFocus Magazine. She resides in Nashville with her husband and two young children.Asher Fogle Paul is a human interest and entertainment journalist. Most recently she served as digital features editor at Good Housekeeping. She's also held posts at Us Weekly, People, and Reader's Digest, and her work has been published in Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, House Beautiful, Elle, and W, among others. Asher has an MS in magazine journalism from Columbia University and a BA in English from Texas Christian University. She lives in New York City with her husband and four young children. Visit her online at asherfoglepaul.com; Instagram: @asherpaul; Twitter: @asherfogle.
