AprIL McKINNEy
April McKinney is an award-winning cook, food writer and recipe demonstrator. She has been featured on the Today show and Better TV, after her recipes won national cooking contests. You can also see her creating new healthy and simple dishes on her YouTube channel, “April McKinney Cooking,” where she demonstrates her recipes on camera. In this issue, McKinney shows us how to make indulgent snacks that are surprisingly healthy on page 86.
LINDA bENToN
After a 15-year career in marketing, Linda Benton decided to pursue freelance writing. Over the years, her work has been published in Blush, CityScope and HealthScopem agazines. Benton says she is most proud of her first published article - Lily’s Story. Published in 1998, Lily’s Story is the personal account of Linda’s 1997 travel to Vietnam to adopt her daughter. Benton takes us through a Memphis familys personal remodeling process this month on page 56.
KrISTEN MyErS WADDELL
profiles the Main Terrain Urban Art Fitness Park in Chattanooga this month on page 48. She is a member of the MidSouth Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, MPACT Memphis and the Arts Memphis BRAVO Memphis program.
chucK DAuphIN
has two decades of experience covering country music for both print and broadcast media. He is currently the online country editor for Billboard magazine and has worked for radio stations such as WDKN and the Interstate Radio Network. He has also written for such publications as Music City News and Roughstock, and can be heard weekly on WNKX / Centerville. This month, Dauphin talks to country music legend Tim McGraw about his latest album and acting career on page 50.
ANGELA MAZANTI
Angela Mazanti is the proprietor of Angela Mazanti Design. She specializes in interior, floral and event design, and her work has been locally and nationally recognized as outstanding in the field. Mazanti helps to plan the perfect Girls Night Out on page 82.
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