Melissa Libby owns an Atlanta-based public relations agency representing restaurants, specialty food items, and beverage products. She also owns Sage Advice, a restaurant secret-shopper company and her company publishes The Dish, a weekly e-newsletter about restaurant happenings. She is a graduate of the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication and an active member of Atlanta's restaurant community. She authored Atlanta Cooks in 2001.