Book Nooks

Vanessa Dina is a design director and author of The Art of the Bar Cart. Book Nooks is an extension of her love for all things books and design. When she is not designing books or art-directing creative talent, she’s cooking up a storm, decorating, or finding new ways to store books in her charming San Francisco apartment.  

Claire Gilhuly is an editor of cookbooks and lifestyle books. When she is not editing books or discovering new author talent, you can find her baking in her Mill Valley kitchen, hiking up or skiing down mountains, or curled up with a good novel. 

Antonis Achilleos is an award-winning photographer specializing in food, still life, and lifestyle photography. He has been a regular contributor to many magazines, including Southern Living, Food & Wine, Cooking Light, and Real Simple. His work has also appeared in countless cookbooks, many published by Chronicle Books: Southern Grit, Snoop Dogg’s From Crook to Cook, and The Art of the Bar Cart. He was born in Cyprus and moved to the United States to study photography. He now lives and works in New York and San Francisco.