Lei Shishak is an established pastry chef who trained at the CIA in New York and has worked at restaurants in Sun Valley and Los Angeles. She has been featured in People, Riviera Magazine, Sunset Magazine, Coast, the Los Angeles Daily News, and Fine Living, among others. She is the author of Beach House Baking, named one of 2014’s Top 10 Summer Cookbooks by USA Today, and Beach House Brunch. She resides in Dana Point, California.