Emily Timberlake is a writer based in Oakland, California. She is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller Bobby Flay: Chapter One, the IACP Award winner and James Beard Award nominee Cure: New Orleans Drinks and How to Mix ’Em with Neal Bodenheimer, Sundays with Sophie: Flay Family Favorites for Any Day of the Week with Bobby Flay, and the New York Times bestseller FOODHEIM: A Culinary Adventure with Eric Wareheim.

She has written about food, wine, and pop culture for the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, TASTE, and more.

She has more than a decade of publishing experience, most recently as a senior editor at Ten Speed Press, where she edited more than 60 books on food, wine, pop culture, and humor.

She has several new books in the works: House of Nanking with Peter and Kathy Fang (Abrams, 2025), The Middle of Everywhere with Sara Bradley (Ten Speed Press, 2026), and I Sleep in My Kitchen with Mariam Daud (Clarkson Potter, 2026).