Reid Mitenbuler is the author of Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America’s Whiskey (Viking, 2015), Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of Animation (Grove, 2020), and is currently working on this third book. writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Slate, Saveur, The Daily Beast, and Whisky Advocate, among other publications. His other writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Slate, Saveur, The Daily Beast, and Whisky Advocate, among other publications. He lives with his wife and son in Los Angeles.